Word Meanings - AMBUSHER - Book Publishers vocabulary database
One lying in ambush.
Related words: (words related to AMBUSHER)
- LYRE BIRD
Any one of two or three species of Australian birds of the genus Menura. The male is remarkable for having the sixteen tail feathers very long and, when spread, arranged in the form of a lyre. The common lyre bird , inhabiting New South Wales, - LYSIMETER
An instrument for measuring the water that percolates through a certain depth of soil. Knight. - LYCOPODE
See LYCOPODIUM - LYTHONTHRIPTIC; LYTHONTRIPTIC
See LITHONTRIPTIC - LYONNAISE
Applied to boiled potatoes cut into small pieces and heated in oil or butter. They are usually flavored with onion and parsley. - LYMPH
An alkaline colorless fluid, contained in the lymphatic vessels, coagulable like blood, but free from red blood corpuscles. It is absorbed from the various tissues and organs of the body, and is finally discharged by the thoracic and right lymphatic - LYSSA
Hydrophobia. Note: The plural has been used to signify the pustules supposed to be developed under the tongue in hydrophobia. - LYNCH LAW
. The act or practice by private persons of inflicting punishment for crimes or offenses, without due process of law. Note: The term Lynch law is said to be derived from a Virginian named Lynch, who took the law into his own hands. But the origin - LYCINE
A weak base identical with betaine; -- so called because found in the boxthorn . See Betaine. - LYING
of Lie, to be supported horizontally. Lying panel , a panel in which the grain of the wood is horizontal. -- Lying to , having the sails so disposed as to counteract each other. - LYAM
A leash. - LYRIFEROUS
Having a lyre-shaped shoulder girdle, as certain fishes. - LYMPHOGENIC
Connected with, or formed in, the lymphatic glands. - LYCOPODIUM
A genus of mosslike plants, the type of the order Lycopodiaceæ; club moss. Lycopodium powder, a fine powder or dust composed of the spores of Lycopodium, and other plants of the order Lycopodiaceæ. It is highly inflammable, and is sometimes used - AMBUSHER
One lying in ambush. - LYCHEE
See LITCHI - LYCOPODIACEOUS
Belonging, or relating, to the Lycopodiaceæ, an order of cryptogamous plants with branching stems, and small, crowded, one-nerved, and usually pointed leaves. - LYE
A falsehood. See Lie. - LYRIST
A musician who plays on the harp or lyre; a composer of lyrical poetry. Shelley. - LYRA
A northern constellation, the Harp, containing a white star of the first magnitude, called Alpha Lyræ, or Vega. - STILLY
Still; quiet; calm. The stilly hour when storms are gone. Moore. - FAMILIARLY
In a familiar manner. - LIVINGLY
In a living state. Sir T. Browne. - SAVELY
Safely. Chaucer. - POLYPHYLLOUS
Many-leaved; as, a polyphyllous calyx or perianth. - POLYCHROITE
The coloring matter of saffron; -- formerly so called because of the change of color on treatment with certain acids; -- called also crocin, and safranin. - LAUGHINGLY
With laughter or merriment. - SCOLYTID
Any one of numerous species of small bark-boring beetles of the genus Scolytus and allied genera. Also used adjectively. - OVERFLOWINGLY
In great abundance; exuberantly. Boyle. - WHIP-TOM-KELLY
A vireo native of the West Indies and Florida; -- called also black-whiskered vireo. - STAUNCH; STAUNCHLY; STAUNCHNESS
See ETC - THIRSTILY
In a thirsty manner. - SUNDRILY
In sundry ways; variously. - DISPROPORTIONALLY
In a disproportional manner; unsuitably in form, quantity, or value; unequally. - THERMALLY
In a thermal manner. - PRECIPITATELY
In a precipitate manner; headlong; hastily; rashly. Swift. - SPANGLY
Resembling, or consisting of, spangles; glittering; as, spangly light. - ASSISTANTLY
In a manner to give aid. - MAGNIFICENTLY
In a Magnificent manner.