Word Meanings - WAVE - Book Publishers vocabulary database

See BURKE

Possible synonyms: (Same meaning words of WAVE)

• Brandish
• Flourish
• fence
• agitate
• wield
• whisk
• shake
• wave
• Prosper
• thrive
• speed
• triumph
• brandish
• Swing
• Oscillate
• dangle
• vibrate
• Undulation
• Wave
• vibration
• oscillation
• bill

Related words: (words related to WAVE)

• SPECTACLE
  An optical instrument consisting of two lenses set in a light frame, and worn to assist sight, to obviate some defect in the organs of vision, or to shield the eyes from bright light. 4. pl. (more info) 1. Something exhibited to view; usually,
• SPERMATOCYTE
  See SPERMOBLAST
• SWASHY
  Soft, like fruit that is too ripe; quashy; swash.
• FENCE MONTH
  the month in which female deer are fawning, when hunting is prohibited. Bullokar. -- Fence roof, a covering for defense. "They fitted their shields close to one another in manner of a fence roof." Holland. Fence time, the breeding time of fish or
• SPECIFICNESS
  The quality or state of being specific.
• SPERMATIC
  Of or pertaining to semen; as, the spermatic fluid, the spermatic vessels, etc. Spermatic cord , the cord which suspends the testicle within the scrotum. It is made up of a connective tissue sheath inclosing the spermatic duct and accompanying
• SWEETLY
  In a sweet manner.
• SWEETISH
  Somewhat sweet. -- Sweet"ish*ness, n.
• SPERMATICAL
  Spermatic.
• SWEETING
  1. A sweet apple. Ascham. 2. A darling; -- a word of endearment. Shak.
• SWATH
  zwade, a swath of grass, G. schwad, schwaden; perhaps, originally, a 1. A line of grass or grain cut and thrown together by the scythe in mowing or cradling. 2. The whole sweep of a scythe, or the whole breadth from which grass or grain is cut
• SWUM
  imp. & p. p. of Swim.
• SWYTHE
  Quickly. See Swithe. Sy, obs. imp. of See.
• SWEETHEART
  A lover of mistress.
• SPECTROGRAPH
  An apparatus for photographing or mapping a spectrum. A photograph or picture of a spectrum. -- Spec`tro*graph"ic , a. --Spec`tro*graph"ic*al*ly , adv. --Spec*trog"ra*phy , n.
• SWAYING
  An injury caused by violent strains or by overloading; -- said of the backs of horses. Crabb.
• SWAGE
  See ASSUAGE (more info) Etym:
• SPECK
  The blubber of whales or other marine mammals; also, the fat of the hippopotamus. Speck falls , falls or ropes rove through blocks for hoisting the blubber and bone of whales on board a whaling vessel.
• SWARTHINESS
  The quality or state of being swarthy; a dusky or dark complexion; tawniness.
• SPECE
  Species; kind. Chaucer.
• ASPER
  Rough; rugged; harsh; bitter; stern; fierce. "An asper sound." Bacon.
• ANGIOMONOSPERMOUS
  Producing one seed only in a seed pod.
• UPSWAY
  To sway or swing aloft; as, to upsway a club. Sir W. Scott.
• DISWITTED
  Deprived of wits or understanding; distracted. Drayton.
• OOSPERM; OOESPERM
  The ovum, after fusion with the spermatozoön in impregnation. Balfour.
• DISPENSE
  1. To deal out in portions; to distribute; to give; as, the steward dispenses provisions according directions; Nature dispenses her bounties; to dispense medicines. He is delighted to dispense a share of it to all the company. Sir W. Scott. 2.
• MISPENSE
  See HALL
• BASSWOOD
  The bass or its wood; especially, T. Americana. See Bass, the lime tree. All the bowls were made of basswood, White and polished very smoothly. Longfellow.
• ENSWEEP
  To sweep over or across; to pass over rapidly. Thomson.
• INDISPENSABLENESS
  The state or quality of being indispensable, or absolutely necessary. S. Clarke.