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Word Meanings - ANTENNIFORM - Book Publishers vocabulary database

Shaped like antennæ.

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  • SHAPE
    is from the strong verb, AS. scieppan, scyppan, sceppan, p. p. 1. To form or create; especially, to mold or make into a particular form; to give proper form or figure to. I was shapen in iniquity. Ps. li. 5. Grace shaped her limbs, and
  • ANTENNULE
    A small antenna; -- applied to the smaller pair of antennæ or feelers of Crustacea.
  • ANTENNAL
    Belonging to the antennæ. Owen.
  • SHAPER
    1. One who shapes; as, the shaper of one's fortunes. The secret of those old shapers died with them. Lowell. 2. That which shapes; a machine for giving a particular form or outline to an object. Specifically; A kind of planer in which the tool,
  • SHAPELY
    1. Well-formed; having a regular shape; comely; symmetrical. T. Warton. Waste sandy valleys, once perplexed with thorn, The spiry fir and shapely box adorn. Pope. Where the shapely column stood. Couper. 2. Fit; suitable. Shaply for to
  • SHAPOO
    The oörial.
  • SHAPELESS
    Destitute of shape or regular form; wanting symmetry of dimensions; misshapen; -- opposed to Ant: shapely. -- Shape"less*ness, n. The shapeless rock, or hanging precipice. Pope.
  • ANTENNIFEROUS
    Bearing or having antennæ.
  • ANTENNA
    A movable, articulated organ of sensation, attached to the heads of insects and Crustacea. There are two in the former, and usually four in the latter. They are used as organs of touch, and in some species of Crustacea the cavity of the
  • SHAPABLE
    1. That may be shaped. 2. Shapely. "Round and shapable." De Foe.
  • ANTENNIFORM
    Shaped like antennæ.
  • SHAPELINESS
    The quality or state of being shapely.
  • SHAPS
    Chaparajos. A pair of gorgeous buckskin shaps, embroidered up the sides and adorned with innumerable ermine skins. The Century.
  • MISHAPPEN
    To happen ill or unluckily. Spenser.
  • SPINDLE-SHAPED
    Thickest in the middle, and tapering to both ends; fusiform; -- applied chiefly to roots. (more info) 1. Having the shape of a spindle.
  • DIAMOND-SHAPED
    Shaped like a diamond or rhombus.
  • STRAP-SHAPED
    Shaped like a strap; ligulate; as, a strap-shaped corolla.
  • AWL-SHAPED
    Subulate. See Subulate. Gray. (more info) 1. Shaped like an awl.
  • SWORD-SHAPED
    Shaped like a sword; ensiform, as the long, flat leaves of the Iris, cattail, and the like.
  • FIDDLE-SHAPED
    Inversely ovate, with a deep hollow on each side. Gray.
  • PEAR-SHAPED
    Of the form of a pear.
  • EGG-SHAPED
    Resembling an egg in form; ovoid.
  • LATH-SHAPED
    Having a slender elongated form, like a lath; -- said of the feldspar of certain igneous rocks, as diabase, as seen in microscopic sections.
  • VASE-SHAPED
    Formed like a vase, or like a common flowerpot.
  • SHIPSHAPE
    Arranged in a manner befitting a ship; hence, trim; tidy; orderly. Even then she expressed her scorn for the lubbery executioner's mode of tying a knot, and did it herself in a shipshape orthodox manner. De Quincey. Keep everything shipshape, for
  • URN-SHAPED
    Having the shape of an urn; as, the urn-shaped capsules of some mosses.
  • TRUMPET-SHAPED
    Tubular with one end dilated, as the flower of the trumpet creeper.

 

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