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.
Related words: (words related to STALK-EYED)
- 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.