Word Meanings - SCORPIONES - Book Publishers vocabulary database

A division of arachnids comprising the scorpions.

DIVISIONARY
Divisional.
DIVISIONALLY
So as to be divisional.
COMPRISAL
The act of comprising or comprehending; a compendium or epitome. A comprisal . . . and sum of all wickedness. Barrow.
DIVISIONAL
That divides; pas, a divisional line; a divisional general; a divisional surgeon of police. Divisional planes , planes of separation between rock masses. They include joints.
COMPRISE
To comprehend; to include. Comprise much matter in few words. Hocker. Friendship does two souls in one comprise. Roscommon. Syn. -- To embrace; include; comprehend; contain; encircle; inclose; involve; imply.
DIVISIONOR
One who divides or makes division. Sheldon.
DIVISION
The process of finding how many times one number or quantity is contained in another; the reverse of multiplication; also, the rule by which the operation is performed. (more info) 1. The act or process of diving anything into parts, or the state
MISDIVISION
Wrong division.
INDIVISION
A state of being not divided; oneness. Bp. Hall.
SUBDIVISION
1. The act of subdividing, or separating a part into smaller parts. 2. A part of a thing made by subdividing. In the decimal table, the subdivision of the cubit, as span, palm, and digit, are deduced from the shorter cubit. Arbuthnot.