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Word Meanings - STALK-EYED - Book Publishers vocabulary database

Having the eyes raised on a stalk, or peduncle; -- opposed to sessile-eyed. Said especially of podophthalmous crustaceans. Stalked- eyed crustaceans. See Podophthalmia.

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  • HAVENED
    Sheltered in a haven. Blissful havened both from joy and pain. Keats.
  • STALKY
    Hard as a stalk; resembling a stalk. At the top bears a great stalky head. Mortimer.
  • HAVENER
    A harbor master.
  • OPPOSABILITY
    The condition or quality of being opposable. In no savage have I ever seen the slightest approach to opposability of the great toe, which is the essential distinguishing feature of apes. A. R. Wallace.
  • RAISE
    To create or constitute; as, to raise a use that is, to create it. Burrill. To raise a blockade , to remove or break up a blockade, either by withdrawing the ships or forces employed in enforcing it, or by driving them away or dispersing them.
  • OPPOSITIONIST
    One who belongs to the opposition party. Praed.
  • RAISED
    1. Lifted up; showing above the surroundings; as, raised or embossed metal work. 2. Leavened; made with leaven, or yeast; -- used of bread, cake, etc., as distinguished from that made with cream of tartar, soda, etc. See Raise, v. t., 4. Raised
  • HAVELOCK
    A light cloth covering for the head and neck, used by soldiers as a protection from sunstroke.
  • RAIS
    See REIS
  • OPPOSITIVE
    Capable of being put in opposition. Bp. Hall.
  • OPPOSELESS
    Not to be effectually opposed; irresistible. "Your great opposeless wills." Shak.
  • HAVE
    haven, habben, AS. habben ; akin to OS. hebbian, D. hebben, OFries, hebba, OHG. hab, G. haben, Icel. hafa, Sw. hafva, Dan. have, Goth. haban, and prob. to L. habere, whence F. 1. To hold in possession or control; to own; as, he has a farm. 2.
  • STALK-EYED
    Having the eyes raised on a stalk, or peduncle; -- opposed to sessile-eyed. Said especially of podophthalmous crustaceans. Stalked- eyed crustaceans. See Podophthalmia.
  • STALKLESS
    Having no stalk.
  • HAVENAGE
    Harbor dues; port dues.
  • RAISING
    1. The act of lifting, setting up, elevating, exalting, producing, or restoring to life. 2. Specifically, the operation or work of setting up the frame of a building; as, to help at a raising. 3. The operation of embossing sheet metal,
  • OPPOSITIFOLIOUS
    Placed at the same node with a leaf, but separated from it by the whole diameter of the stem; as, an oppositifolious peduncle.
  • STALKER
    1. One who stalks. 2. A kind of fishing net.
  • HAVEN
    habe, Dan. havn, Icel. höfn, Sw. hamn; akin to E. have, and hence orig., a holder; or to heave ; or akin to AS. hæf sea, 1. A bay, recess, or inlet of the sea, or the mouth of a river, which affords anchorage and shelter for shipping; a harbor;
  • HAVANA
    Of or pertaining to Havana, the capital of the island of Cuba; as, an Havana cigar; -- formerly sometimes written Havannah. -- n.
  • APPRAISER
    One who appraises; esp., a person appointed and sworn to estimate and fix the value of goods or estates.
  • LIVRAISON
    A part of a book or literary composition printed and delivered by itself; a number; a part.
  • HEBRAIST
    One versed in the Hebrew language and learning.
  • MISRAISE
    To raise or exite unreasonable. "Misraised fury." Bp. Hall.
  • PRAISEWORTHINESS
    The quality or state of being praiseworthy.
  • KARAISM
    Doctrines of the Karaites.
  • FRAISE
    A large and thick pancake, with slices of bacon in it. Johnson.
  • MISBEHAVE
    To behave ill; to conduct one's self improperly; -- often used with a reciprocal pronoun.
  • OVERPRAISING
    The act of praising unduly; excessive praise. Milton.
  • ULTRAISM
    The principles of those who advocate extreme measures, as radical reform, and the like. Dr. H. More.
  • INSHAVE
    A plane for shaving or dressing the concave or inside faces of barrel staves.

 

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