Word Meanings - SALINE - Book Publishers vocabulary database
1. Consisting of salt, or containing salt; as, saline particles; saline substances; a saline cathartic. 2. Of the quality of salt; salty; as, a saline taste.
Possible synonyms: (Same meaning words of SALINE)
- Signal
- Eminent
- conspicuous
- remarkable
- extraordinary
- notable
- memorable
- illustrious
- important
- saline
- distinguished
Related words: (words related to SALINE)
- SIGNALIZE
1. To make signal or eminent; to render distinguished from what is common; to distinguish. It is this passion which drives men to all the ways we see in use of signalizing themselves. Burke. 2. To communicate with by means of a signal; as, a ship - CONSPICUOUS
1. Open to the view; obvious to the eye; easy to be seen; plainly visible; manifest; attracting the eye. It was a rock Of alabaster, piled up to the clouds, Conspicious far. Milton. Conspicious by her veil and hood, Signing the cross, the abbess - MEMORABLE
Worthy to be remembered; very important or remarkable. -- Mem"o*ra*ble*ness, n. -- Mem"o*ra*bly, adv. Surviving fame to gain, Buy tombs, by books, by memorable deeds. Sir J. Davies. (more info) remembrance, fr. memor mindful, remembering. - ILLUSTRIOUS
1. Possessing luster or brightness; brilliant; luminous; splendid. Quench the light; thine eyes are guides illustrious. Beau. & Fl. 2. Characterized by greatness, nobleness, etc.; eminent; conspicuous; distinguished. Illustrious earls, renowened - IMPORTANTLY
In an important manner. - SALINE
1. Consisting of salt, or containing salt; as, saline particles; saline substances; a saline cathartic. 2. Of the quality of salt; salty; as, a saline taste. - SIGNALLY
In a signal manner; eminently. - NOTABLE
1. Capable of being noted; noticeable; plan; evident. 2. Worthy of notice; remarkable; memorable; noted or distinguished; as, a notable event, person. Note: Notable in the sense of careful, thrifty, characterized by thrift and capacity - DISTINGUISHABLE
1. Capable of being distinguished; separable; divisible; discernible; capable of recognition; as, a tree at a distance is distinguishable from a shrub. A simple idea being in itself uncompounded . . . is not distinguishable into different ideas. - DISTINGUISH
di- = dis- + stinguere to quench, extinguish; prob. orig., to prick, and so akin to G. stechen, E. stick, and perh. sting. Cf. 1. Not set apart from others by visible marks; to make distinctive or discernible by exhibiting differences; to mark - DISTINGUISHMENT
Observation of difference; distinction. Graunt. - SIGNAL
1. A sign made for the purpose of giving notice to a person of some occurence, command, or danger; also, a sign, event, or watchword, which has been agreed upon as the occasion of concerted action. All obeyed The wonted signal and superior voice - NOTABLENESS
The quality of being notable. - DISTINGUISHABLY
So as to be distinguished. - DISTINGUISHING
Constituting difference, or distinction from everything else; distinctive; peculiar; characteristic. The distinguishing doctrines of our holy religion. Locke. Distinguishing pennant , a special pennant by which any particular vessel in a fleet - REMARKABLE
Worthy of being remarked or noticed; noticeable; conspicuous; hence, uncommon; extraordinary. 'T is remarkable, that they Talk most who have the least to say. Prior. There is nothing left remarlable Beneath the visiting moon. Shak. Syn. - ILLUSTRIOUSNESS
The state or quality of being eminent; greatness; grandeur; glory; fame. - DISTINGUISHABLENESS
The quality of being distinguishable. - SALINENESS
The quality or state of being salt; saltness. - DISTINGUISHINGLY
With distinction; with some mark of preference. Pope. - CONTRADISTINGUISH
To distinguish by a contrast of opposite qualities. These are our complex ideas of soul and body, as contradistinguished. Locke. - INDISTINGUISHABLE
Not distinguishable; not capable of being perceived, known, or discriminated as separate and distinct; hence, not capable of being perceived or known; as, in the distance the flagship was indisguishable; the two copies were indisguishable in form - BLOCK SIGNAL
One of the danger signals or safety signals which guide the movement of trains in a block system. The signal is often so coupled with a switch that act of opening or closing the switch operates the signal also. - PREEMINENT
Eminent above others; prominent among those who are eminent; superior in excellence; surpassing, or taking precedence of, others; rarely, surpassing others in evil, or in bad qualities; as, preƫminent in guilt. In goodness and in power preƫminent. - INDISTINGUISHING
Making no difference; indiscriminative; impartial; as, indistinguishing liberalities. Johnson. - IMMEMORABLE
Not memorable; not worth remembering. Johnson. - WEATHER SIGNAL
Any signal giving information about the weather. The system used by the United States Weather Bureau includes temperature, cold or hot wave, rain or snow, wind direction, storm, and hurricane signals. - SUPEREMINENT
Eminent in a superior degree; surpassing others in excellence; as, a supereminent divine; the supereminent glory of Christ. -- Su`per*em"i*nent*ly, adv. - SUBSALINE
Moderately saline or salt.