Word Meanings - ACRANIA - Book Publishers vocabulary database

Partial or total absence of the skull. 2. pl.

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• ABSENCE
  1. A state of being absent or withdrawn from a place or from companionship; -- opposed to presence. Not as in my presence only, but now much more in my absence. Phil. ii. 12. 2. Want; destitution; withdrawal. "In the absence of conventional law."
• TOTALIS
  The total. I look on nothing but totalis. B. Jonson.
• PARTIALISM
  Partiality; specifically , the doctrine of the Partialists.
• PARTIALITY
  1. The quality or state of being partial; inclination to favor one party, or one side of a question, more than the other; undue bias of mind. 2. A predilection or inclination to one thing rather than to others; special taste or liking;
• TOTALIZATOR
  A machine for registering and indicating the number and nature of bets made on horse races, as in Australia and South Africa. Called also totalizer.
• SKULLFISH
  A whaler's name for a whale more than two years old.
• PARTIAL
  Pertaining to a subordinate portion; as, a compound umbel is made up of a several partial umbels; a leaflet is often supported by a partial petiole. Partial differentials, Partial differential coefficients, Partial differentiation, etc.
• TOTALIZER
  See TOTALIZATOR
• SKULLCAP
  Any plant of the labiate genus Scutellaria, the calyx of whose flower appears, when inverted, like a helmet with the visor raised. (more info) 1. A cap which fits the head closely; also, formerly, a headpiece of iron sewed inside of a
• TOTALIZATION
  Act of totalizing, or state of being totalized.
• TOTALITY
  1. The quality or state of being total; as, the totality of an eclipse. 2. The whole sum; the whole quantity or amount; the entirety; as, the totalityof human knowledge. Buckle. The totality of a sentence or passage. Coleridge.
• TOTAL
  The whole; the whole sum or amount; as, these sums added make the grand total of five millions.
• PARTIALIZE
  To make or be partial.
• PARTIALIST
  One who holds that the atonement was made only for a part of mankind, that is, for the elect. (more info) 1. One who is partial.
• TOTALLY
  In a total manner; wholly; entirely.
• PARTIALLY
  1. In part; not totally; as, partially true; the sun partially eclipsed. Sir T. Browne. 2. In a partial manner; with undue bias of mind; with unjust favor or dislike; as, to judge partially. Shak.
• TOTALISATOR
  See TOTALIZATOR
• SKULL
  A school, company, or shoal. A knavish skull of boys and girls did pelt at him. Warner. These fishes enter in great flotes and skulls. Holland.
• TOTALNESS
  The quality or state of being total; entireness; totality.
• TOTALIZE
  To make total, or complete;to reduce to completeness. Coleridge.
• TEETOTALLY
  Entirely; totally.
• IMPARTIAL
  Not partial; not favoring one more than another; treating all alike; unprejudiced; unbiased; disinterested; equitable; fair; just. Shak. Jove is impartial, and to both the same. Dryden. A comprehensive and impartial view. Macaulay.
• IMPARTIALIST
  One who is impartial. Boyle.
• THICK-SKULLED
  Having a thick skull; hence, dull; heavy; stupid; slow to learn.
• NUMSKULL
  A dunce; a dolt; a stupid fellow. They have talked like numskulls. Arbuthnot.
• UNPARTIAL
  Impartial. Bp. Sanderson. -- Un*par"tial*ly, adv. Hooker.
• TEETOTAL
  Entire; total.
• SELF-PARTIALITY
  That partiality to himself by which a man overrates his own worth when compared with others. Kames.
• TEETOTALISM
  The principle or practice of entire abstinence, esp. from intoxicating drinks.
• IMPARTIALNESS
  Impartiality. Sir W. Temple.
• IMPARTIALLY
  In an impartial manner.