Word Meanings - AMBIDEXTERITY - Book Publishers vocabulary database
A juror's taking of money from the both parties for a verdict. (more info) 1. The quality of being ambidexas, ambidexterity of argumentation. Sterne. Ignorant I was of the human frame, and of its latent powers, as regarded speed, force,
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A juror's taking of money from the both parties for a verdict. (more info) 1. The quality of being ambidexas, ambidexterity of argumentation. Sterne. Ignorant I was of the human frame, and of its latent powers, as regarded speed, force, and ambidexterity. De Quincey. 2. Double-dealing.
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- BELLMAN
A man who rings a bell, especially to give notice of anything in the streets. Formerly, also, a night watchman who called the hours. Milton. - BELIAL
An evil spirit; a wicked and unprincipled person; the personification of evil. What concord hath Christ with Belia 2 Cor. vi. 15. A son of Belial, a worthless, wicked, or thoroughly depraved person. 1 Sam. ii. 12. - BESCRATCH
To tear with the nails; to cover with scratches. - 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 - BEASTLIHEAD
Beastliness. Spenser. - BEWRAP
To wrap up; to cover. Fairfax. - BERGOMASK
A rustic dance, so called in ridicule of the people of Bergamo, in Italy, once noted for their clownishness. - SPECIFICNESS
The quality or state of being specific. - BESCATTER
1. To scatter over. 2. To cover sparsely by scattering ; to strew. "With flowers bescattered." Spenser. - BEVELMENT
The replacement of an edge by two similar planes, equally inclined to the including faces or adjacent planes. - BELEAVE
To leave or to be left. May. - BETSO
A small brass Venetian coin. - BESCORN
To treat with scorn. "Then was he bescorned." Chaucer. - 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 - BELLADONNA
An herbaceous European plant with reddish bell-shaped flowers and shining black berries. The whole plant and its fruit are very poisonous, and the root and leaves are used as powerful medicinal agents. Its properties are largely due - BETOKEN
1. To signify by some visible object; to show by signs or tokens. A dewy cloud, and in the cloud a bow . . . Betokening peace from God, and covenant new. Milton. 2. To foreshow by present signs; to indicate something future by that which is seen - BECHE DE MER
The trepang. - BETROTHAL
The act of betrothing, or the fact of being betrothed; a mutual promise, engagement, or contract for a future marriage between the persons betrothed; betrothment; affiance. "The feast of betrothal." Longfellow. - BESLUBBER
To beslobber. - GABBER
1. A liar; a deceiver. 2. One addicted to idle talk. - COMBER
1. One who combs; one whose occupation it is to comb wool, flax, etc. Also, a machine for combing wool, flax, etc. 2. A long, curling wave. - HAIRBELL
See HAREBELL - HUMANIZE
To convert into something human or belonging to man; as, to humanize vaccine lymph. (more info) 1. To render human or humane; to soften; to make gentle by overcoming cruel dispositions and rude habits; to refine or civilize. Was it the business - ORBED
Having the form of an orb; round. The orbèd eyelids are let down. Trench. - DISREGARDFULLY
Negligently; heedlessly. - LAMBERT PINE
The gigantic sugar pine of California and Oregon (Pinus Lambertiana). It has the leaves in fives, and cones a foot long. The timber is soft, and like that of the white pine of the Eastern States. - GERBE
A kind of ornamental firework. Farrow. - ASPER
Rough; rugged; harsh; bitter; stern; fierce. "An asper sound." Bacon. - ANGIOMONOSPERMOUS
Producing one seed only in a seed pod. - FORCE
To stuff; to lard; to farce. Wit larded with malice, and malice forced with wit. Shak. - WATER-BEARER
The constellation Aquarius.