Word Meanings - ADHAMANT - Book Publishers vocabulary database

Clinging, as by hooks.

Related words: (words related to ADHAMANT)

• CLING
  To adhere closely; to stick; to hold fast, especially by twining round or embracing; as, the tendril of a vine clings to its support; -- usually followed by to or together. And what hath life for thee That thou shouldst cling to it thus Mrs. Hemans.
• CLINGY
  Apt to cling; adhesive.
• CLINGSTONE
  Having the flesh attached closely to the stone, as in some kinds of peaches. -- n.
• CONVENTICLING
  Belonging or going to, or resembling, a conventicle. Conventicling schools . . . set up and taught secretly by fanatics. South.
• MUSCLING
  Exhibition or representation of the muscles. A good piece, the painters say, must have good muscling, as well as coloring and drapery. Shaftesbury.
• CYCLING
  The act, art, or practice, of riding a cycle, esp. a bicycle or tricycle.
• UNCLING
  To cease from clinging or adhering. Milton.
• BICYCLING
  The use of a bicycle; the act or practice of riding a bicycle.