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.
• ULTRAISM
  The principles of those who advocate extreme measures, as radical reform, and the like. Dr. H. More.
• OVERPRAISING
  The act of praising unduly; excessive praise. Milton.
• INSHAVE
  A plane for shaving or dressing the concave or inside faces of barrel staves.