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Word Meanings - ANTHROPOID - Book Publishers vocabulary database

Resembling man; -- applied especially to certain apes, as the ourang or gorilla. -- n.

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  • 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.

 

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