Word Meanings - BINOMINAL - Book Publishers vocabulary database

Of or pertaining to two names; binomial.

Related words: (words related to BINOMINAL)

• NAMESAKE
  One that has the same name as another; especially, one called after, or named out of regard to, another.
• PERTAIN
  stretch out, reach, pertain; per + tenere to hold, keep. See Per-, 1. To belong; to have connection with, or dependence on, something, as an appurtenance, attribute, etc.; to appertain; as, saltness pertains to the ocean; flowers pertain to plant
• BINOMIAL
  An expression consisting of two terms connected by the sign plus or minus ; as, a+b, or 7-3.
• ANAMESE
  Of or pertaining to Anam, to southeastern Asia. -- n.
• APPERTAIN
  To belong or pertain, whether by right, nature, appointment, or custom; to relate. Things appertaining to this life. Hooker. Give it unto him to whom it appertaineth. Lev. vi. 5. (more info) appartenir, fr. L. appertinere; ad + pertinere to reach