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Word Meanings - SUPERCILIARY - Book Publishers vocabulary database

Having a distinct streak of color above the eyes; as, the superciliary woodpecker. (more info) 1. Of or pertaining to the eyebrows; supraorbital.

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  • COLORMAN
    A vender of paints, etc. Simmonds.
  • HAVENED
    Sheltered in a haven. Blissful havened both from joy and pain. Keats.
  • DISTINCTNESS
    1. The quality or state of being distinct; a separation or difference that prevents confusion of parts or things. The soul's . . . distinctness from the body. Cudworth. 2. Nice discrimination; hence, clearness; precision; as, he stated
  • HAVENER
    A harbor master.
  • HAVELOCK
    A light cloth covering for the head and neck, used by soldiers as a protection from sunstroke.
  • DISTINCTURE
    Distinctness.
  • DISTINCTIVENESS
    State of being distinctive.
  • COLORATE
    Colored. Ray.
  • COLORIMETRY
    The quantitative determination of the depth of color of a substance. 2. A method of quantitative chemical analysis based upon the comparison of the depth of color of a solution with that of a standard liquid.
  • STREAKY
    See COWPER
  • 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.
  • DISTINCTIVE
    1. Marking or expressing distinction or difference; distinguishing; characteristic; peculiar. The distinctive character and institutions of New England. Bancroft. 2. Having the power to distinguish and discern; discriminating. Sir T. Browne.
  • ABOVEBOARD
    Above the board or table. Hence: in open sight; without trick, concealment, or deception. "Fair and aboveboard." Burke. Note: This expression is said by Johnson to have been borrowed from gamesters, who, when they change their cards, put their hands
  • HAVENAGE
    Harbor dues; port dues.
  • COLORADO BEETLE
    A yellowish beetle , with ten longitudinal, black, dorsal stripes. It has migrated eastwards from its original habitat in Colorado, and is very destructive to the potato plant; -- called also potato beetle and potato bug. See Potato beetle.
  • ABOVESAID
    Mentioned or recited before.
  • COLORADOITE
    Mercury telluride, an iron-black metallic mineral, found in Colorado.
  • 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;
  • DISTINCTION
    1. A marking off by visible signs; separation into parts; division. The distinction of tragedy into acts was not known. Dryden. 2. The act of distinguishing or denoting the differences between objects, or the qualities by which one is known from
  • STREAKED
    1. Marked or variegated with stripes. 2. Uncomfortable; out of sorts.
  • CONCOLOR
    Of the same color; of uniform color. "Concolor animals." Sir T. Browne.
  • CONTRADISTINCT
    Distinguished by opposite qualities. J. Goodwin.
  • UNDISTINCTLY
    Indistinctly.
  • ISABELLA; ISABELLA COLOR
    A brownish yellow color. (more info) Spanish princess Isabella, daughter of king Philip II., in allusion to the color assumed by her shift, which she wore without change from
  • INDISTINCTION
    Want of distinction or distinguishableness; confusion; uncertainty; indiscrimination. The indistinction of many of the same name . . . hath made some doubt. Sir T. Browne. An indistinction of all persons, or equality of all orders, is far from being
  • MISBEHAVE
    To behave ill; to conduct one's self improperly; -- often used with a reciprocal pronoun.
  • INSHAVE
    A plane for shaving or dressing the concave or inside faces of barrel staves.
  • TRICOLOR
    1. The national French banner, of three colors, blue, white, and red, adopted at the first revolution. 2. Hence, any three-colored flag.
  • BESTREAK
    To streak.
  • WATER-COLORIST
    One who paints in water colors.

 

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