Word Meanings - SPURRY - Book Publishers vocabulary database

An annual herb with whorled filiform leaves, sometimes grown in Europe for fodder. Sand spurry , any low herb of the genus Lepigonum, mostly found in sandy places.

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• ANNUALIST
  One who writes for, or who edits, an annual.
• FOUNDATION
  The lowest and supporting part or member of a wall, including the base course , under Base, n.) and footing courses; in a frame house, the whole substructure of masonry. 4. A donation or legacy appropriated to support a charitable institution,
• FOUND
  imp. & p. p. of Find.
• SOMETIMES
  1. Formerly; sometime. That fair and warlike form In which the majesty of buried Denmark Did sometimes march. Shak. 2. At times; at intervals; now and then;occasionally. It is good that we sometimes be contradicted. Jer. Taylor. Sometimes . . .
• ANNUAL
  1. Of or pertaining to a year; returning every year; coming or happening once in the year; yearly. The annual overflowing of the river . Ray. 2. Performed or accomplished in a year; reckoned by the year; as, the annual motion of the
• FOUNDATIONER
  One who derives support from the funds or foundation of a college or school.
• FOUNDEROUS
  Difficult to travel; likely to trip one up; as, a founderous road. Burke.
• SANDY
  1. Consisting of, abounding with, or resembling, sand; full of sand; covered or sprinkled with sand; as, a sandy desert, road, or soil. 2. Of the color of sand; of a light yellowish red color; as, sandy hair.
• FOUNDRESS
  A female founder; a woman who founds or establishes, or who endows with a fund.
• FOUNDERY
  See FOUNDRY
• WHORL
  A circle of two or more leaves, flowers, or other organs, about the same part or joint of a stem. (more info) hweorfa the whirl of a spindle, hweorfan to turn; cf. OD. worvel the
• FILIFORM
  Having the shape of a thread or filament; as, the filiform papillæ of the tongue; a filiform style or peduncle. See Illust. of AntennÆ.
• SPURRY
  An annual herb with whorled filiform leaves, sometimes grown in Europe for fodder. Sand spurry , any low herb of the genus Lepigonum, mostly found in sandy places.
• FOUNDLING
  A deserted or exposed infant; a child found without a parent or owner. Foundling hospital, a hospital for foundlings.
• SANDYX
  See SANDIX
• FOUNDING
  The art of smelting and casting metals.
• MOSTLY
  For the greatest part; for the most part; chiefly; in the main.
• FOUNDER
  One who founds, establishes, and erects; one who lays a foundation; an author; one from whom anything originates; one who endows.
• EUROPEAN
  A native or an inhabitant of Europe.
• FODDERER
  One who fodders cattle.
• CONFOUNDED
  1. Confused; perplexed. A cloudy and confounded philosopher. Cudworth. 2. Excessive; extreme; abominable. He was a most confounded tory. Swift. The tongue of that confounded woman. Sir. W. Scott.
• SEMIANNUALLY
  Every half year.
• PLEUROPERITONEUM
  The pleural and peritoneal membranes, or the membrane lining the body cavity and covering the surface of the inclosed viscera; the peritoneum; -- used especially in the case of those animals in which the body cavity is not divided. Note: Peritoneum
• FULL-GROWN
  Having reached the limits of growth; mature. "Full-grown wings." Lowell.
• SUBGENUS
  A subdivision of a genus, comprising one or more species which differ from other species of the genus in some important character or characters; as, the azaleas now constitute a subgenus of Rhododendron.
• PARKLEAVES
  A European species of Saint John's-wort; the tutsan. See Tutsan.
• LIVER-GROWN
  Having an enlarged liver. Dunglison.
• PROFOUNDNESS
  The quality or state of being profound; profundity; depth. Hooker.
• INNERMOSTLY
  In the innermost place. His ebon cross worn innermostly. Mrs. Browning.
• MOSS-GROWN
  Overgrown with moss.