Word Meanings - ABARTICULATION - Book Publishers vocabulary database
Articulation, usually that kind of articulation which admits of free motion in the joint; diarthrosis. Coxe.
Related words: (words related to ABARTICULATION)
- MOTIONER
One who makes a motion; a mover. Udall. - MOTIONIST
A mover. - JOINTWEED
A slender, nearly leafless, American herb (Polygonum articulatum), with jointed spikes of small flowers. - JOINTURELESS
Having no jointure. - 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. - JOINTING
The act or process of making a joint; also, the joints thus produced. Jointing machine, a planing machine for wood used in furniture and piano factories, etc. -- Jointing plane. See Jointer, 2. -- Jointing rule , a long straight rule, - MOTION PICTURE
A moving picture. - 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. - MOTIONLESS
Without motion; being at rest. - JOINT
A plane of fracture, or divisional plane, of a rock transverse to the stratification. (more info) 1. The place or part where two things or parts are joined or united; the union of two or more smooth or even surfaces admitting of a close-fitting - JOINTURESS
See BOUVIER - MOTION
An application made to a court or judge orally in open court. Its object is to obtain an order or rule directing some act to be done in favor of the applicant. Mozley & W. (more info) 1. The act, process, or state of changing place or position; - JOINTED
Having joints; articulated; full of nodes; knotty; as, a jointed doll; jointed structure. "The jointed herbage." J. Philips. -- Joint"ed*ly, adv. - JOINTER
1. One who, or that which, joints. 2. A plane for smoothing the surfaces of pieces which are to be accurately joined; especially: The longest plane used by a joiner. A long stationary plane, for plaining the edges of barrel staves. A bent piece - DIARTHROSIS
A form of articulation which admits of considerable motion; a complete joint; abarticulation. See Articulation. - JOINTWORM
The larva of a small, hymenopterous fly , which is found in gall-like swellings on the stalks of wheat, usually at or just above the first joint. In some parts of America it does great damage to the crop. - JOINTLESS
Without a joint; rigid; stiff. - JOINTLY
In a joint manner; together; unitedly; in concert; not separately. Then jointly to the ground their knees they bow. Shak. - JOINTRESS
A woman who has a jointure. Blackstone. - JOINTURE
An estate settled on a wife, which she is to enjoy after husband's decease, for her own life at least, in satisfaction of dower. The jointure that your king must make, Which with her dowry shall be counterpoised. Shak. (more info) 1. A joining; - UNJOINT
To disjoint. - STRAIGHT-JOINT
Having straight joints. Specifically: Applied to a floor the boards of which are so laid that the joints form a continued line transverse to the length of the boards themselves. Brandle & C. In the United States, applied to planking or flooring - EXCITO-MOTION
Motion excited by reflex nerves. See Excito-motory. - DISJOINT
Disjointed; unconnected; -- opposed to conjoint. Milton. - NERVIMOTION
The movement caused in the sensory organs by external agents and transmitted to the muscles by the nerves. Dunglison. - ABARTICULATION
Articulation, usually that kind of articulation which admits of free motion in the joint; diarthrosis. Coxe. - UNJOINTED
Having no joint or articulation; as, an unjointed stem. (more info) 1. Disjointed; unconnected; hence, incoherent. Shak. 2. Etym: - INARTICULATION
Inarticulateness. Chesterfield. - IDEO-MOTION
An ideo-motor movement. - DISJOINTED
Separated at the joints; disconnected; incoherent. -- Dis*joint"ed*ly, adv. -- Dis*joint"ed*ness, n. - LAP-JOINTED
Having a lap joint, or lap joints, as many kinds of woodwork and metal work. - REJOINT
1. To reunite the joints of; to joint anew. Barrow. 2. Specifically , to fill up the joints of, as stones in buildings when the mortar has been dislodged by age and the action of the weather. Gwilt. - CONJOINTLY
In a conjoint manner; untitedly; jointly; together. Sir T. Browne. - SHORT-JOINTED
Having short intervals between the joints; -- said of a plant or an animal, especially of a horse whose pastern is too short.