Word Meanings - THREE-NERVED - Book Publishers vocabulary database
Having three nerves. Three-nerved leaf , a leaf having three distinct and prominent ribs, or nerves, extending from the base.
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- HAVENED
Sheltered in a haven. Blissful havened both from joy and pain. Keats. - THREE-SQUARE
Having a cross section in the form of an equilateral triangle; -- said especially of a kind of file. - 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. - THREE-MILE
Of or pertaining to three miles; as, the three-mile limit, or the limit of the marine belt of three miles included in territorial waters of a state. - NERVIMOTION
The movement caused in the sensory organs by external agents and transmitted to the muscles by the nerves. Dunglison. - THREE-PILE
An old name for the finest and most costly kind of velvet, having a fine, thick pile. I have served Prince Florizel and in my time wore three-pile. Shak. - THREE-DECKER
A vessel of war carrying guns on three decks. - HAVELOCK
A light cloth covering for the head and neck, used by soldiers as a protection from sunstroke. - THREE-SIDED
Having three sides, especially three plane sides; as, a three- sided stem, leaf, petiole, peduncle, scape, or pericarp. - NERVELESSNESS
The state of being nerveless. - THREE-CORNERED
Having three prominent longitudinal angles; as, a three- cornered stem. (more info) 1. Having three corners, or angles; as, a three-cornered hat. - DISTINCTURE
Distinctness. - DISTINCTIVENESS
State of being distinctive. - EXTENDLESSNESS
Unlimited extension. An . . . extendlessness of excursions. Sir. M. Hale. - THREE-PORT
Having three ports; specif.: Designating a type of two-cycle internal-combustion engine in which the mixture enters the crank case through a port uncovered by the piston near the end of its stroke. - THREE-PLY
Consisting of three distinct webs inwrought together in weaving, as cloth or carpeting; having three strands; threefold. - 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. - NERVOMUSCULAR
Of or pertaining to both nerves and muscles; of the nature of nerves and muscles; as, nervomuscular energy. - THREE-PARTED
Divided into, or consisting of, three parts; tripartite. Three- parted leaf , a leaf divided into three parts down to the base, but not entirely separate. - CONTRADISTINCT
Distinguished by opposite qualities. J. Goodwin. - UNDISTINCTLY
Indistinctly. - INNERVATION
Special activity excited in any part of the nervous system or in any organ of sense or motion; the nervous influence necessary for the maintenance of life,and the functions of the various organs. (more info) 1. The act of innerving or stimulating. - ENERVATION
1. The act of weakening, or reducing strength. 2. The state of being weakened; effeminacy. Bacon. - 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. - MINERVA
The goddess of wisdom, of war, of the arts and sciences, of poetry, and of spinning and weaving; -- identified with the Grecian Pallas Athene.