Word Meanings - AVIDITY - Book Publishers vocabulary database
Greediness; strong appetite; eagerness; intenseness of desire; as, to eat with avidity. His books were received and read with avidity. Milward.
Related words: (words related to AVIDITY)
- RECEIVER'S CERTIFICATE
An acknowledgement of indebtedness made by a receiver under order of court to obtain funds for the preservation of the assets held by him, as for operating a railroad. Receivers' certificates are ordinarily a first lien on the assets, prior to that - RECEIVE
To bat back when served. Receiving ship, one on board of which newly recruited sailors are received, and kept till drafted for service. Syn. -- To accept; take; allow; hold; retain; admit. -- Receive, Accept. To receive describes simply the act - STRONGYLOID
Like, or pertaining to, Strongylus, a genus of parasitic nematode worms of which many species infest domestic animals. Some of the species, especially those living in the kidneys, lungs, and bronchial tubes, are often very injurious. -- n. - BOOKSELLING
The employment of selling books. - BOOKSTAND
1. A place or stand for the sale of books in the streets; a bookstall. 2. A stand to hold books for reading or reference. - STRONGYLID
Strongyloid. - INTENSENESS
The state or quality of being intense; intensity; as, the intenseness of heat or cold; the intenseness of study or thought. - AVIDITY
Greediness; strong appetite; eagerness; intenseness of desire; as, to eat with avidity. His books were received and read with avidity. Milward. - BOOKSHOP
A bookseller's shop. - GREEDINESS
The quality of being greedy; vehement and selfish desire. Fox in stealth, wolf in greediness. Shak. Syn.-- Ravenousness; voracity; eagerness; avidity. - STRONG
strong; akin to D. & G. streng strict, rigorous, OHG. strengi strong, brave, harsh, Icel. strangr strong, severe, Dan. streng, Sw. sträng 1. Having active physical power, or great physical power to act; having a power of exerting great bodily - STRONGLY
In a strong manner; so as to be strong in action or in resistance; with strength; with great force; forcibly; powerfully; firmly; vehemently; as, a town strongly fortified; he objected strongly. - DESIREFUL
Filled with desire; eager. The desireful troops. Godfrey . - BOOKSHELF
A shelf to hold books. - RECEIVEDNESS
The state or quality of being received, accepted, or current; as, the receivedness of an opinion. Boyle. - BOOKSELLER
One who sells books. - STRONG-WATER
1. An acid. 2. Distilled or ardent spirits; intoxicating liquor. - STRONGHOLD
A fastness; a fort or fortress; fortfield place; a place of security. - DESIRER
One who desires, asks, or wishes. - RECEIVERSHIP
The state or office of a receiver. - GRAVIDITY
The state of being gravidated; pregnancy. - MISRECEIVE
To receive wrongly. - HEADSTRONG
1. Not easily restrained; ungovernable; obstinate; stubborn. Not let headstrong boy my will control. Dryden. 2. Directed by ungovernable will, or proceeding from obstinacy. Dryden. Syn. -- Violent; obstinate; ungovernable; unratable; stubborn; - MEAGERNESS; MEAGRENESS
The state or quality of being meager; leanness; scantiness; barrenness. - HEADSTRONGNESS
Obstinacy. Gayton.