Word Meanings - TRAVERSER - Book Publishers vocabulary database

One who traverses, or denies. (more info) 1. One who, or that which, traverses, or moves, as an index on a scale, and the like.

Related words: (words related to TRAVERSER)

• INDEXICAL
  Of, pertaining to, or like, an index; having the form of an index.
• SCALEBOARD
  A thin slip of wood used to justify a page. Crabb. 2. A thin veneer of leaf of wood used for covering the surface of articles of firniture, and the like. Scaleboard plane, a plane for cutting from a board a wide shaving forming a scaleboard.
• WHICHEVER; WHICHSOEVER
  Whether one or another; whether one or the other; which; that one which; as, whichever road you take, it will lead you to town.
• SCALEBEAM
  1. The lever or beam of a balance; the lever of a platform scale, to which the poise for weighing is applied. 2. A weighing apparatus with a sliding weight, resembling a steelyard.
• WHICH
  the root of hwa who + lic body; hence properly, of what sort or kind; akin to OS. hwilik which, OFries. hwelik, D. welk, G. welch, OHG. welih, hwelih, Icel. hvilikr, Dan. & Sw. hvilken, Goth. hwileiks, 1. Of what sort or kind; what; what a; who.
• INDEXICALLY
  In the manner of an index.
• SCALENOHEDRON
  A pyramidal form under the rhombohedral system, inclosed by twelve faces, each a scalene triangle.
• SCALER
  One who, or that which, scales; specifically, a dentist's instrument for removing tartar from the teeth.
• SCALED
  Having feathers which in form, color, or arrangement somewhat resemble scales; as, the scaled dove. Scaled dove , any American dove of the genus Scardafella. Its colored feather tips resemble scales. (more info) 1. Covered with scales,
• SCALELESS
  Destitute of scales.
• SCALENE
  Having the sides and angles unequal; -- said of a triangle. Having the axis inclined to the base, as a cone. Designating several triangular muscles called scalene muscles. Of or pertaining to the scalene muscles. Scalene muscles , a
• SCALE
  The sign or constellation Libra. Platform scale. See under Platform. tip the scales, influence an action so as to change an outcome from one likely result to another. (more info) skal balance, dish, akin also to D. schaal a scale, bowl, shell,
• INDEX
  The second digit, that next pollex, in the manus, or hand; the forefinger; index finger. (more info) 1. That which points out; that which shows, indicates, manifests, or discloses. Tastes are the indexes of the different qualities of
• INDEXTERITY
  Want of dexterity or readiness, especially in the use of the hands; clumsiness; awkwardness. Harvey.
• INDEXER
  One who makes an index.
• SCALE-WINGED
  Having the wings covered with small scalelike structures, as the lepidoptera; scaly-winged.
• SCALEBACK
  Any one of numerous species of marine annelids of the family Polynoidæ, and allies, which have two rows of scales, or elytra, along the back. See Illust. under Chætopoda.
• SCALENOHEDRAL
  Of or pertaining to a scalenohedron.
• GUNTER'S SCALE
  A scale invented by the Rev. Edmund Gunter , a professor of astronomy at Gresham College, London, who invented also Gunter's chain, and Gunter's quadrant. Note: Gunter's scale is a wooden rule, two feet long, on one side of which are marked scales
• SAN JOSE SCALE
  A very destructive scale insect that infests the apple, pear, and other fruit trees. So called because first introduced into the United States at San José, California.
• ENSCALE
  To cover with scales.
• SUBINDEX
  A number or mark placed opposite the lower part of a letter or symbol to distinguish the symbol; thus, a0, b1, c2, xn, have 0, 1, 2, and n as subindices.
• BECK'S SCALE
  A hydrometer scale on which the zero point corresponds to sp. gr. 1.00, and the 30º-point to sp. gr. 0.85. From these points the scale is extended both ways, all the degrees being of equal length.
• INTRANSCALENT
  Impervious to heat; adiathermic.
• TRANSCALENT
  Pervious to, or permitting the passage of, heat.
• UNSCALE
  To divest of scales; to remove scales from. purging and unscaling her long-abused sight at the fountain itself of heavenly radiance. Milton.