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Word Meanings - UNTRUTHFUL - Book Publishers vocabulary database

Not truthful; unveracious; contrary to the truth or the fact. -- Un*truth"ful*ly, adv. -- Un*truth"ful*ness, n.

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  • 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,
  • LYSIMETER
    An instrument for measuring the water that percolates through a certain depth of soil. Knight.
  • LYCOPODE
    See LYCOPODIUM
  • LYTHONTHRIPTIC; LYTHONTRIPTIC
    See LITHONTRIPTIC
  • FALSENESS
    The state of being false; contrariety to the fact; inaccuracy; want of integrity or uprightness; double dealing; unfaithfulness; treachery; perfidy; as, the falseness of a report, a drawing, or a singer's notes; the falseness of a man, or of his
  • 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
  • LYSSA
    Hydrophobia. Note: The plural has been used to signify the pustules supposed to be developed under the tongue in hydrophobia.
  • 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
  • LYCINE
    A weak base identical with betaine; -- so called because found in the boxthorn . See Betaine.
  • LYING
    of Lie, to be supported horizontally. Lying panel , a panel in which the grain of the wood is horizontal. -- Lying to , having the sails so disposed as to counteract each other.
  • LYAM
    A leash.
  • FALSE-FACED
    Hypocritical. Shak.
  • LYRIFEROUS
    Having a lyre-shaped shoulder girdle, as certain fishes.
  • LYMPHOGENIC
    Connected with, or formed in, the lymphatic glands.
  • LYCOPODIUM
    A genus of mosslike plants, the type of the order Lycopodiaceæ; club moss. Lycopodium powder, a fine powder or dust composed of the spores of Lycopodium, and other plants of the order Lycopodiaceæ. It is highly inflammable, and is sometimes used
  • LYCHEE
    See LITCHI
  • FALSETTO
    A false or artificial voice; that voice in a man which lies above his natural voice; the male counter tenor or alto voice. See Head voice, under Voice.
  • LYCOPODIACEOUS
    Belonging, or relating, to the Lycopodiaceæ, an order of cryptogamous plants with branching stems, and small, crowded, one-nerved, and usually pointed leaves.
  • LYE
    A falsehood. See Lie.
  • SAVELY
    Safely. Chaucer.
  • FAMILIARLY
    In a familiar manner.
  • LIVINGLY
    In a living state. Sir T. Browne.
  • STILLY
    Still; quiet; calm. The stilly hour when storms are gone. Moore.
  • LAUGHINGLY
    With laughter or merriment.
  • 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.
  • SCOLYTID
    Any one of numerous species of small bark-boring beetles of the genus Scolytus and allied genera. Also used adjectively.
  • POLYPHYLLOUS
    Many-leaved; as, a polyphyllous calyx or perianth.
  • STAUNCH; STAUNCHLY; STAUNCHNESS
    See ETC
  • THIRSTILY
    In a thirsty manner.
  • SUNDRILY
    In sundry ways; variously.
  • WHIP-TOM-KELLY
    A vireo native of the West Indies and Florida; -- called also black-whiskered vireo.
  • OVERFLOWINGLY
    In great abundance; exuberantly. Boyle.
  • DISPROPORTIONALLY
    In a disproportional manner; unsuitably in form, quantity, or value; unequally.
  • 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.
  • SPANGLY
    Resembling, or consisting of, spangles; glittering; as, spangly light.
  • IMPISHLY
    In the manner of an imp.
  • THERMALLY
    In a thermal manner.
  • PRECIPITATELY
    In a precipitate manner; headlong; hastily; rashly. Swift.

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