Word Meanings - SERPENTARIUS - Book Publishers vocabulary database

A constellation on the equator, lying between Scorpio and Hercules; -- called also Ophiuchus.

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• CALLOSUM
  The great band commissural fibers which unites the two cerebral hemispheres. See corpus callosum, under Carpus.
• SCORPION
  Any one of numerous species of pulmonate arachnids of the order scorpiones, having a suctorial mouth, large claw-bearing palpi, and a caudal sting. Note: Scorpions have a flattened body, and a long, slender post- abdomen formed of six
• CALLOW
  1. Destitute of feathers; naked; unfledged. An in the leafy summit, spied a nest, Which, o'er the callow young, a sparrow pressed. Dryden. 2. Immature; boyish; "green"; as, a callow youth. I perceive by this, thou art but a callow maid. Old Play .
• CALLE
  A kind of head covering; a caul. Chaucer.
• LYRE BIRD
  Any one of two or three species of Australian birds of the genus Menura. The male is remarkable for having the sixteen tail feathers very long and, when spread, arranged in the form of a lyre. The common lyre bird , inhabiting New South Wales,
• LYTHE
  The European pollack; -- called also laith, and leet.
• LYSIMETER
  An instrument for measuring the water that percolates through a certain depth of soil. Knight.
• EQUATORIAL
  Of or pertaining to the equator; as, equatorial climates; also, pertaining to an equatorial instrument.
• LYCOPODE
  See LYCOPODIUM
• LYTHONTHRIPTIC; LYTHONTRIPTIC
  See LITHONTRIPTIC
• LYONNAISE
  Applied to boiled potatoes cut into small pieces and heated in oil or butter. They are usually flavored with onion and parsley.
• LYMPH
  An alkaline colorless fluid, contained in the lymphatic vessels, coagulable like blood, but free from red blood corpuscles. It is absorbed from the various tissues and organs of the body, and is finally discharged by the thoracic and right lymphatic
• LYSSA
  Hydrophobia. Note: The plural has been used to signify the pustules supposed to be developed under the tongue in hydrophobia.
• EQUATORIALLY
  So as to have motion or direction parallel to the equator.
• LYNCH LAW
  . The act or practice by private persons of inflicting punishment for crimes or offenses, without due process of law. Note: The term Lynch law is said to be derived from a Virginian named Lynch, who took the law into his own hands. But the origin
• LYCINE
  A weak base identical with betaine; -- so called because found in the boxthorn . See Betaine.
• LYAM
  A leash.
• LYRIFEROUS
  Having a lyre-shaped shoulder girdle, as certain fishes.
• LYMPHOGENIC
  Connected with, or formed in, the lymphatic glands.
• LYCOPODIUM
  A genus of mosslike plants, the type of the order Lycopodiaceæ; club moss. Lycopodium powder, a fine powder or dust composed of the spores of Lycopodium, and other plants of the order Lycopodiaceæ. It is highly inflammable, and is sometimes used
• SAVELY
  Safely. Chaucer.
• LIVINGLY
  In a living state. Sir T. Browne.
• STILLY
  Still; quiet; calm. The stilly hour when storms are gone. Moore.
• FAMILIARLY
  In a familiar manner.
• POLYCHROITE
  The coloring matter of saffron; -- formerly so called because of the change of color on treatment with certain acids; -- called also crocin, and safranin.
• SCOLYTID
  Any one of numerous species of small bark-boring beetles of the genus Scolytus and allied genera. Also used adjectively.
• POLYPHYLLOUS
  Many-leaved; as, a polyphyllous calyx or perianth.
• LAUGHINGLY
  With laughter or merriment.
• SUNDRILY
  In sundry ways; variously.
• OVERFLOWINGLY
  In great abundance; exuberantly. Boyle.
• THIRSTILY
  In a thirsty manner.
• DISPROPORTIONALLY
  In a disproportional manner; unsuitably in form, quantity, or value; unequally.
• STAUNCH; STAUNCHLY; STAUNCHNESS
  See ETC
• WHIP-TOM-KELLY
  A vireo native of the West Indies and Florida; -- called also black-whiskered vireo.
• SPANGLY
  Resembling, or consisting of, spangles; glittering; as, spangly light.
• PRECIPITATELY
  In a precipitate manner; headlong; hastily; rashly. Swift.
• ASSISTANTLY
  In a manner to give aid.
• POLYPODIUM
  A genus of plants of the order Filices or ferns. The fructifications are in uncovered roundish points, called sori, scattered over the inferior surface of the frond or leaf. There are numerous species.
• THERMALLY
  In a thermal manner.