Word Meanings - ANTHROPOID - Book Publishers vocabulary database
Resembling man; -- applied especially to certain apes, as the ourang or gorilla. -- n.
Related words: (words related to ANTHROPOID)
- APPLICABLE
Capable of being applied; fit or suitable to be applied; having relevance; as, this observation is applicable to the case under consideration. -- Ap"pli*ca*ble*ness, n. -- Ap"pli*ca*bly, adv. - APPLICATIVE
Having of being applied or used; applying; applicatory; practical. Bramhall. -- Ap"pli*ca*tive*ly, adv. - APPLICANCY
The quality or state of being applicable. - APPLICABILITY
The quality of being applicable or fit to be applied. - APPLICATORILY
By way of application. - CERTAINTY
Clearness; freedom from ambiguity; lucidity. Of a certainty, certainly. (more info) 1. The quality, state, or condition, of being certain. The certainty of punishment is the truest security against crimes. Fisher Ames. 2. A fact or truth - RESEMBLINGLY
So as to resemble; with resemblance or likeness. - RESEMBLANT
Having or exhibiting resemblance; resembling. Gower. - APPLICATE
Applied or put to some use. Those applicate sciences which extend the power of man over the elements. I. Taylor. Applicate number , one which applied to some concrete case. -- Applicate ordinate, right line applied at right angles to the axis of - CERTAINNESS
Certainty. - APPLICATION
1. The act of applying or laying on, in a literal sense; as, the application of emollients to a diseased limb. 2. The thing applied. He invented a new application by which blood might be stanched. Johnson. 3. The act of applying as a means; the - ESPECIALLY
In an especial manner; chiefly; particularly; peculiarly; in an uncommon degree. - OURANG
The orang-outang. - CERTAIN
1. Certainty. Gower. 2. A certain number or quantity. Chaucer. - APPLIABLE
Applicable; also, compliant. Howell. - APPLIEDLY
By application. - RESEMBLE
sembler to seem, resemble, fr. L. similare, simulare, to imitate, fr. 1. To be like or similar to; to bear the similitude of, either in appearance or qualities; as, these brothers resemble each other. We will resemble you in that. Shak. - GORILLA
A large, arboreal, anthropoid ape of West Africa. It is larger than a man, and is remarkable for its massive skeleton and powerful muscles, which give it enormous strength. In some respects its anatomy, more than that of any other ape, except the - RESEMBLABLE
Admitting of being compared; like. Gower. - APPLIER
He who, or that which, applies. - UNAPPLIABLE
Inapplicable. Milton. - ASCERTAINMENT
The act of ascertaining; a reducing to certainty; a finding out by investigation; discovery. The positive ascertainment of its limits. Burke. - ASCERTAINABLE
That may be ascertained. -- As`cer*tain"a*ble*ness, n. -- As`cer*tain"a*bly, adv. - REAPPLICATION
The act of reapplying, or the state of being reapplied. - INAPPLICABILITY
The quality of being inapplicable; unfitness; inapplicableness. - UNCERTAINTY
1. The quality or state of being uncertain. 2. That which is uncertain; something unknown. Our shepherd's case is every man's case that quits a moral certainty for an uncertainty. L'Estrange. - UNCERTAINLY
In an uncertain manner. - INCERTAIN
Uncertain; doubtful; unsteady. -- In*cer"tain*ly, adv. Very questionable and of uncertain truth. Sir T. Browne.