Word Meanings - AGRICULTURAL - Book Publishers vocabulary database

Of or pertaining to agriculture; connected with, or engaged in, tillage; as, the agricultural class; agricultural implements, wages, etc. -- Ag`ri*cul"tur*al*ly, adv. Agricultural ant , a species of ant which gathers and stores seeds of grasses,

Additional info about word: AGRICULTURAL

Of or pertaining to agriculture; connected with, or engaged in, tillage; as, the agricultural class; agricultural implements, wages, etc. -- Ag`ri*cul"tur*al*ly, adv. Agricultural ant , a species of ant which gathers and stores seeds of grasses, for food. The remarkable species found in Texas clears circular areas and carefully cultivates its favorite grain, known as ant rice.

Possible synonyms: (Same meaning words of AGRICULTURAL)

• Rural
• Countrified
• rustic
• agricultural
• bucolic
• verdant
• sylvan
• grassy
• arcadian
• pastoral
• Rustic
• nomadic
• rude
• awkward
• unpolished
• clownish
• clumsy
• rough
• coarse
• plain
• unsophisticated
• simple
• artless
• primitive

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• ROUGHING-IN
  The first coat of plaster laid on brick; also, the process of applying it.
• ROUGHT
  imp. of Reach.
• ROUGHHEWN
  1. Hewn coarsely without smoothing; unfinished; not polished. 2. Of coarse manners; rude; uncultivated; rough-grained. "A roughhewn seaman." Bacon.
• RURALITY
  1. The quality or state of being rural. 2. A rural place. "Leafy ruralities." Carlyle.
• ROUGHLEG
  Any one of several species of large hawks of the genus Archibuteo, having the legs feathered to the toes. Called also rough- legged hawk, and rough-legged buzzard. Note: The best known species is Archibuteo lagopus of Northern Europe,
• ROUGHINGS
  Rowen.
• PRIMITIVENESS
  The quality or state of being primitive; conformity to primitive style or practice.
• ROUGHSHOD
  Shod with shoes armed with points or calks; as, a roughshod horse. To ride roughshod, to pursue a course regardless of the pain or distress it may cause others.
• PLAINTIVE
  1. Repining; complaining; lamenting. Dryden. 2. Expressive of sorrow or melancholy; mournful; sad. "The most plaintive ditty." Landor. -- Plain"tive*ly, adv. -- Plain"tive*ness, n.
• AWKWARD SQUAD
  A squad of inapt recruits assembled for special drill.
• COARSE
  was anciently written course, or cours, it may be an abbreviation of of course, in the common manner of proceeding, common, and hence, homely, made for common domestic use, plain, rude, rough, gross, e. 1. Large in bulk, or composed of large parts
• RUSTICAL
  Rustic. "Rustical society." Thackeray. -- Rus"tic*al*ly, adv. -- Rus"tic*al*ness, n.
• PASTORALLY
  1. In a pastoral or rural manner. 2. In the manner of a pastor.
• RUSTICATE
  To go into or reside in the country; to ruralize. Pope.
• ARCADIAN; ARCADIC
  Of or pertaining to Arcadia; pastoral; ideally rural; as, Arcadian simplicity or scenery.
• PLAINTIFF
  One who commences a personal action or suit to obtain a remedy for an injury to his rights; -- opposed to Ant: defendant. (more info) French equiv. to plaignant complainant, prosecutor, fr. plaindre. See
• ROUGHTAIL
  Any species of small ground snakes of the family Uropeltidæ; -- so called from their rough tails.
• COARSELY
  In a coarse manner; roughly; rudely; inelegantly; uncivilly; meanly.
• CLOWNISH
  Of or resembling a clown, or characteristic of a clown; ungainly; awkward. "Clownish hands." Spenser. "Clownish mimic." Prior. -- Clown"ish*ly, adv. Syn. -- Coarse; rough; clumsy; awkward; ungainly; rude; uncivil; ill- bred; boorish; rustic;
• ROUGHSTRINGS
  Pieces of undressed timber put under the steps of a wooden stair for their support.
• EQUICRURAL
  Having equal legs or sides; isosceles. "Equicrural triangles." Sir T. Browne.
• HIGH-WROUGHT
  1. Wrought with fine art or skill; elaborate. Pope. 2. Worked up, or swollen, to a high degree; as, a highwrought passion. "A high-wrought flood." Shak.
• THOROUGHWORT
  See BONESET
• THOROUGH BASS
  The representation of chords by figures placed under the base; figured bass; basso continuo; -- sometimes used as synonymous with harmony.
• BICRURAL
  Having two legs. Hooker.
• DROUGHTY
  1. Characterized by drought; wanting rain; arid; adust. Droughty and parched countries. Ray. 2. Dry; thirsty; wanting drink. Thy droughty throat. Philips.