Word Meanings - STERLET - Book Publishers vocabulary database

A small sturgeon found in the Caspian Sea and its rivers, and highly esteemed for its flavor. The finest caviare is made from its roe.

Related words: (words related to STERLET)

• 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,
• FOUNDER
  One who founds, establishes, and erects; one who lays a foundation; an author; one from whom anything originates; one who endows.
• FINESTILLER
  One who finestills.
• ESTEEM
  1. To set a value on; to appreciate the worth of; to estimate; to value; to reckon. Then he forsook God, which made him, and lightly esteemed the Rock of his salvation. Deut. xxxii. 15. Thou shouldst esteem his censure and authority to be of
• SMALLISH
  Somewhat small. G. W. Cable.
• FOUND
  imp. & p. p. of Find.
• FOUNDATIONER
  One who derives support from the funds or foundation of a college or school.
• FLAVORED
  Having a distinct flavor; as, high-flavored wine.
• ESTEEMABLE
  Worthy of esteem; estimable. "Esteemable qualities." Pope.
• FOUNDEROUS
  Difficult to travel; likely to trip one up; as, a founderous road. Burke.
• FLAVORLESS
  Without flavor; tasteless.
• FOUNDRESS
  A female founder; a woman who founds or establishes, or who endows with a fund.
• HIGHLY
  In a high manner, or to a high degree; very much; as, highly esteemed.
• FOUNDERY
  See FOUNDRY
• SMALLCLOTHES
  A man's garment for the hips and thighs; breeches. See Breeches.
• SMALLPOX
  A contagious, constitutional, febrile disease characterized by a peculiar eruption; variola. The cutaneous eruption is at first a collection of papules which become vesicles (first flat, subsequently umbilicated) and then pustules, and finally thick
• FOUNDLING
  A deserted or exposed infant; a child found without a parent or owner. Foundling hospital, a hospital for foundlings.
• RIVERSIDE
  The side or bank of a river.
• SMALL
  sm$l; akin to D. smal narrow, OS. & OHG. smal small, G. schmal narrow, Dan. & Sw. smal, Goth. smals small, Icel. smali smal cattle, sheep, or goats; cf. Gr. 1. Having little size, compared with other things of the same kind; little in quantity
• ESTEEMER
  One who esteems; one who sets a high value on any thing. The proudest esteemer of his own parts. Locke.
• 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.
• DISMALLY
  In a dismal manner; gloomily; sorrowfully; uncomfortably.
• MISESTEEM
  Want of esteem; disrespect. Johnson.
• DISESTEEMER
  One who disesteems. Boyle.
• PROFOUNDNESS
  The quality or state of being profound; profundity; depth. Hooker.
• PROFOUNDLY
  In a profound manner. Why sigh you so profoundly Shak.