Word Meanings - SEAL - Book Publishers vocabulary database

Any aquatic carnivorous mammal of the families Phocidæ and Otariidæ. Note: Seals inhabit seacoasts, and are found principally in the higher latitudes of both hemispheres. There are numerous species, bearing such popular names as sea lion, sea

Additional info about word: SEAL

Any aquatic carnivorous mammal of the families Phocidæ and Otariidæ. Note: Seals inhabit seacoasts, and are found principally in the higher latitudes of both hemispheres. There are numerous species, bearing such popular names as sea lion, sea leopard, sea bear, or ursine seal, fur seal, and sea elephant. The bearded seal (Erignathus barbatus), the hooded seal , and the ringed seal , are northern species. See also Eared seal, Harp seal, and Fur seal, under Eared, Harp, Monk, and Fur. Seals are much hunted for their skins and fur, and also for their oil, which in some species is very abundant. Harbor seal , the common seal (Phoca vitulina). It inhabits both the North Atlantic and the North Pacific Ocean, and often ascends rivers; -- called also marbled seal, native seal, river seal, bay seal, land seal, sea calf, sea cat, sea dog, dotard, ranger, selchie, tangfish.

Possible synonyms: (Same meaning words of SEAL)

• Consummate Complete
• perfect
• execute
• finish
• accomplish
• conclude
• seal
• end
• Credential
• or Credentials
• Missive
• diploma
• title
• testament
• warrant
• letter
• vouchers
• certificates
• testimonials
• Crown
• Complete
• consummate
• Ratify
• Sanction
• confirm
• endorse
• secure
• approve
• validity
• establish
• substantiate
• settle
• Rectification
• authorization
• authority
• countenance
• support
• allowance

Possible antonyms: (opposite words of SEAL)

• Neglect
• drop
• interrupt
• nullify
• undo
• baffle
• frustrate
• mar
• defeat
• spoil
• Oppose
• confront
• discourage
• discountenance
• browbeat
• Loosen
• betray
• surrender
• expose
• imperil
• endanger
• open
• liberate
• free
• Drop
• abandon
• discontinue
• oppose
• weaken
• exhaust
• thwart
• disfavor
• subvert
• suppress

Related words: (words related to SEAL)

• TITLELESS
  Not having a title or name; without legitimate title. "A titleless tyrant." Chaucer.
• CROWN SIDE
  See OFFICE
• CONSUMMATELY
  In a consummate manner; completely. T. Warton.
• SUPPORTABLE
  Capable of being supported, maintained, or endured; endurable. -- Sup*port"a*ble*ness, n. -- Sup*port"a*bly, adv.
• CROWNED
  1. Having or wearing a crown; surmounted, invested, or adorned, with a crown, wreath, garland, etc.; honored; rewarded; completed; consummated; perfected. "Crowned with one crest." Shak. "Crowned with conquest." Milton. With surpassing
• APPROVEDLY
  So as to secure approbation; in an approved manner.
• CONCLUDENCY
  Deduction from premises; inference; conclusion. Sir M. Hale.
• CONFRONT
  1. To stand facing or in front of; to face; esp. to face hostilely; to oppose with firmness. We four, indeed, confronted were with four In Russian habit. Shak. He spoke and then confronts the bull. Dryden. Hester caught hold of Pearl, and drew
• ENDORSER
  See INDORSER
• DIPLOMATIC
  A minister, official agent, or envoy to a foreign court; a diplomatist.
• SUPPORTATION
  Maintenance; support. Chaucer. Bacon.
• TITLED
  Having or bearing a title.
• CROWNER
  A coroner. (more info) 1. One who, or that which, crowns. Beau. & FL. 2. Etym:
• EXPOSER
  One who exposes or discloses.
• FINISHER
  1. One who finishes, puts an end to, completes, or perfects; esp. used in the trades, as in hatting, weaving, etc., for the workman who gives a finishing touch to the work, or any part of it, and brings it to perfection. O prophet of glad tidings,
• PERFECT
  Hermaphrodite; having both stamens and pistils; -- said of flower. Perfect cadence , a complete and satisfactory close in harmony, as upon the tonic preceded by the dominant. -- Perfect chord , a concord or union of sounds which is perfectly
• TITLER
  A large truncated cone of refined sugar.
• SUPPRESSOR
  One who suppresses.
• CROWNLAND
  In Austria-Hungary, one of the provinces, or largest administrative divisions of the monarchy; as, the crownland of Lower Austria.
• DISCONTINUE
  To interrupt the continuance of; to intermit, as a practice or habit; to put an end to; to cause to cease; to cease using, to stop; to leave off. Set up their conventicles again, which had been discontinued. Bp. Burnet. I have discontinued school
• UNWARRANTABLE
  Not warrantable; indefensible; not vindicable; not justifiable; illegal; unjust; improper. -- Un*war"rant*a*ble*ness, n. -- Un*war"rant*a*bly, adv.
• DISMISSIVE
  Giving dismission.
• BLACK LETTER
  The old English or Gothic letter, in which the Early English manuscripts were written, and the first English books were printed. It was conspicuous for its blackness. See Type.
• DISAPPROVE
  1. To pass unfavorable judgment upon; to condemn by an act of the judgment; to regard as wrong, unsuitable, or inexpedient; to censure; as, to disapprove the conduct of others. 2. To refuse official approbation to; to disallow; to decline