Word Meanings - STARTHROAT - Book Publishers vocabulary database

Any humming bird of the genus Heliomaster. The feathers of the throat have a brilliant metallic luster.

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• METALLIC
  Of, pertaining to, or characterized by, the essential and implied properties of a metal, as contrasted with a nonmetal or metalloid; basic; antacid; positive. Metallic iron, iron in the state of the metal, as distinquished from its ores, as magnetic
• HUMMER
  A humming bird. (more info) 1. One who, or that which, hums; one who applauds by humming. Ainsworth.
• THROATLATCH
  A strap of a bridle, halter, or the like, passing under a horse's throat.
• METALLICLY
  In a metallic manner; by metallic means.
• METALLICAL
  See METALLIC
• HUMMOCKY
  Abounding in hummocks.
• HUMMOCKING
  The process of forming hummocks in the collision of Arctic ice. Kane.
• LUSTER
  One who lusts.
• LUSTERING
  1. The act or process of imparting a luster, as to pottery. 2. The brightening of a metal in the crucible when it becomes pure, as in certain refining processes.
• LUSTERLESS; LUSTRELESS
  Destitute of luster; dim; dull.
• BRILLIANTINE
  1. An oily composition used to make the hair glossy. 2. A dress fabric having a glossy finish on both sides, resembling alpaca but of superior quality.
• FEATHERSTITCH
  A kind of embroidery stitch producing a branching zigzag line.
• THROATWORT
  A plant formerly considered a remedy for sore throats because of its throat-shaped corolla.
• HUMMING
  A sound like that made by bees; a low, murmuring sound; a hum. Hummingale, lively or strong ale. Dryden. -- Humming bird , any bird of the family Trochilidæ, of which over one hundred genera are known, including about four hundred species. They
• THROATY
  Guttural; hoarse; having a guttural voice. "Hard, throaty words." Howell.
• BRILLIANTNESS
  Brilliancy; splendor; glitter.
• HUMMEL
  To separate from the awns; -- said of barley.
• GENUS
  A class of objects divided into several subordinate species; a class more extensive than a species; a precisely defined and exactly divided class; one of the five predicable conceptions, or sorts of terms.
• THROATING
  A drip, or drip molding.
• THROATBAND
  See THROATLATCH
• THUMMIE
  The chiff-chaff.
• BLUETHROAT
  A singing bird of northern Europe and Asia , related to the nightingales; -- called also blue-throated robin and blue-throated warbler.
• CUTTHROAT
  One who cuts throats; a murderer; an assassin.
• 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.
• CLUSTERY
  Growing in, or full of, clusters; like clusters. Johnson.
• MONOMETALLIC
  Consisting of one metal; of or pertaining to monometallism.
• BIMETALLIC
  Of or relating to, or using, a double metallic standard (as gold and silver) for a system of coins or currency.
• WHITETHROAT
  Any one of several species of Old World warblers, esp. the common European species , called also strawsmear, nettlebird, muff, and whitecap, the garden whitethroat, or golden warbler , and the lesser whitethroat .
• LACKLUSTER; LACKLUSTRE
  A want of luster. -- a.
• RUBYTHROAT
  Any one of numerous species of humming birds belonging to Trochilus, Calypte, Stellula, and allies, in which the male has on the throat a brilliant patch of red feathers having metallic reflections; esp., the common humming bird of the
• BLUSTERINGLY
  In a blustering manner.