Word Meanings - SUNWISE - Book Publishers vocabulary database

In the direction of the sun's apparent motion, or from the east southward and westward, and so around the circle; also, in the same direction as the movement of the hands of a watch lying face upward.

Related words: (words related to SUNWISE)

• CIRCLED
  Having the form of a circle; round. "Monthly changes in her circled orb." Shak.
• LYRE BIRD
  Any one of two or three species of Australian birds of the genus Menura. The male is remarkable for having the sixteen tail feathers very long and, when spread, arranged in the form of a lyre. The common lyre bird , inhabiting New South Wales,
• LYTHE
  The European pollack; -- called also laith, and leet.
• LYSIMETER
  An instrument for measuring the water that percolates through a certain depth of soil. Knight.
• WATCHET
  Pale or light blue. "Watchet mantles." Spenser. Who stares in Germany at watchet eyes Dryden.
• HANDSPRING
  A somersault made with the assistance of the hands placed upon the ground.
• LYCOPODE
  See LYCOPODIUM
• LYTHONTHRIPTIC; LYTHONTRIPTIC
  See LITHONTRIPTIC
• LYONNAISE
  Applied to boiled potatoes cut into small pieces and heated in oil or butter. They are usually flavored with onion and parsley.
• LYMPH
  An alkaline colorless fluid, contained in the lymphatic vessels, coagulable like blood, but free from red blood corpuscles. It is absorbed from the various tissues and organs of the body, and is finally discharged by the thoracic and right lymphatic
• WATCHDOG
  A dog kept to watch and guard premises or property, and to give notice of the approach of intruders.
• WATCHHOUSE
  1. A house in which a watch or guard is placed. 2. A place where persons under temporary arrest by the police of a city are kept; a police station; a lockup.
• LYSSA
  Hydrophobia. Note: The plural has been used to signify the pustules supposed to be developed under the tongue in hydrophobia.
• MOTIONER
  One who makes a motion; a mover. Udall.
• MOTIONIST
  A mover.
• LYNCH LAW
  . The act or practice by private persons of inflicting punishment for crimes or offenses, without due process of law. Note: The term Lynch law is said to be derived from a Virginian named Lynch, who took the law into his own hands. But the origin
• WATCHWORD
  1. A word given to sentinels, and to such as have occasion to visit the guards, used as a signal by which a friend is known from an enemy, or a person who has a right to pass the watch from one who has not; a countersign; a password. 2. A sentiment
• WATCH MEETING
  A religious meeting held in the closing hours of the year.
• LYCINE
  A weak base identical with betaine; -- so called because found in the boxthorn . See Betaine.
• LYAM
  A leash.
• SAVELY
  Safely. Chaucer.
• FAMILIARLY
  In a familiar manner.
• STILLY
  Still; quiet; calm. The stilly hour when storms are gone. Moore.
• LIVINGLY
  In a living state. Sir T. Browne.
• POLYCHROITE
  The coloring matter of saffron; -- formerly so called because of the change of color on treatment with certain acids; -- called also crocin, and safranin.
• LAUGHINGLY
  With laughter or merriment.
• POLYPHYLLOUS
  Many-leaved; as, a polyphyllous calyx or perianth.
• SCOLYTID
  Any one of numerous species of small bark-boring beetles of the genus Scolytus and allied genera. Also used adjectively.
• SUNDRILY
  In sundry ways; variously.
• WHIP-TOM-KELLY
  A vireo native of the West Indies and Florida; -- called also black-whiskered vireo.
• THIRSTILY
  In a thirsty manner.
• OVERFLOWINGLY
  In great abundance; exuberantly. Boyle.
• DISPROPORTIONALLY
  In a disproportional manner; unsuitably in form, quantity, or value; unequally.
• STAUNCH; STAUNCHLY; STAUNCHNESS
  See ETC
• SPANGLY
  Resembling, or consisting of, spangles; glittering; as, spangly light.
• ASSISTANTLY
  In a manner to give aid.
• PRECIPITATELY
  In a precipitate manner; headlong; hastily; rashly. Swift.
• MAGNIFICENTLY
  In a Magnificent manner.
• POLYPODIUM
  A genus of plants of the order Filices or ferns. The fructifications are in uncovered roundish points, called sori, scattered over the inferior surface of the frond or leaf. There are numerous species.