Word Meanings - BLACKFISH - Book Publishers vocabulary database
A small kind of whale, of the genus Globicephalus, of several species. The most common is G. melas. Also sometimes applied to other whales of larger size.
Related words: (words related to BLACKFISH)
- 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. - OTHERGUISE; OTHERGUESS
Of another kind or sort; in another way. "Otherguess arguments." Berkeley. - APPLICATIVE
Having of being applied or used; applying; applicatory; practical. Bramhall. -- Ap"pli*ca*tive*ly, adv. - COMMONER
1. One of the common people; one having no rank of nobility. All below them even their children, were commoners, and in the eye law equal to each other. Hallam. 2. A member of the House of Commons. 3. One who has a joint right in common ground. - APPLICANCY
The quality or state of being applicable. - SMALLISH
Somewhat small. G. W. Cable. - SOMETIMES
1. Formerly; sometime. That fair and warlike form In which the majesty of buried Denmark Did sometimes march. Shak. 2. At times; at intervals; now and then;occasionally. It is good that we sometimes be contradicted. Jer. Taylor. Sometimes . . . - APPLICABILITY
The quality of being applicable or fit to be applied. - WHALE
Any aquatic mammal of the order Cetacea, especially any one of the large species, some of which become nearly one hundred feet long. Whales are hunted chiefly for their oil and baleen, or whalebone. Note: The existing whales are divided into two - COMMONISH
Somewhat common; commonplace; vulgar. - COMMONLY
1. Usually; generally; ordinarily; frequently; for the most part; as, confirmed habits commonly continue trough life. 2. In common; familiary. Spenser. - SPECIES
A group of individuals agreeing in common attributes, and designated by a common name; a conception subordinated to another conception, called a genus, or generic conception, from which it differs in containing or comprehending more attributes, - APPLICATORILY
By way of application. - WHALEMAN
A man employed in the whale fishery. - COMMONWEALTH
Specifically, the form of government established on the death of Charles I., in 1649, which existed under Oliver Cromwell and his son Richard, ending with the abdication of the latter in 1659. Syn. -- State; realm; republic. (more info) 1. A state; - COMMON
1. To converse together; to discourse; to confer. Embassadors were sent upon both parts, and divers means of entreaty were commoned of. Grafton. 2. To participate. Sir T. More. 3. To have a joint right with others in common ground. Johnson. 4. - WHALER
A vessel or person employed in the whale fishery. - WHALEBOAT
A long, narrow boat, sharp at both ends, used by whalemen. - OTHER
andar, Icel. annarr, Sw. annan, Dan. anden, Goth. an, Skr. antara: cf. L. alter; all orig. comparatives: cf. Skr. anya other. sq. 1. Different from that which, or the one who, has been specified; not the same; not identical; additional; second - COMMONITION
Advice; warning; instruction. Bailey. - NOTOTHERIUM
An extinct genus of gigantic herbivorous marsupials, found in the Pliocene formation of Australia. - UNCOMMON
Not common; unusual; infrequent; rare; hence, remarkable; strange; as, an uncommon season; an uncommon degree of cold or heat; uncommon courage. Syn. -- Rare; scarce; infrequent; unwonted. -- Un*com"mon*ly, adv. -- Un*com"mon*ness, n. - ISOGEOTHERMAL; ISOGEOTHERMIC
Pertaining to, having the nature of, or marking, isogeotherms; as, an isogeothermal line or surface; as isogeothermal chart. -- n. - SMOTHER
Etym: 1. To destroy the life of by suffocation; to deprive of the air necessary for life; to cover up closely so as to prevent breathing; to suffocate; as, to smother a child. 2. To affect as by suffocation; to stife; to deprive of air by a thick - ISOTHEROMBROSE
A line connecting or marking points on the earth's surface, which have the same mean summer rainfall. - FELLOW-COMMONER
A student at Cambridge University, England, who commons, or dines, at the Fellow's table. - UNAPPLIABLE
Inapplicable. Milton. - INTERCOMMON
To graze cattle promiscuously in the commons of each other, as the inhabitants of adjoining townships, manors, etc. (more info) 1. To share with others; to participate; especially, to eat at the same table. Bacon. - REAPPLICATION
The act of reapplying, or the state of being reapplied. - ANOTHER-GUESS
Of another sort. It used to go in another-guess manner. Arbuthnot. - UNMOTHERED
Deprived of a mother; motherless. - ISOTHERMAL
Relating to equality of temperature. Having reference to the geographical distribution of temperature, as exhibited by means of isotherms; as, an isothermal line; an isothermal chart. Isothermal line. An isotherm. A line drawn on a diagram - EEL-MOTHER
The eelpout. - DISMALLY
In a dismal manner; gloomily; sorrowfully; uncomfortably. - ISOTHERMOBATHIC
Of or pertaining to an isothermobath; possessing or indicating equal temperatures in a vertical section, as of the ocean. - MOTHER-OF-PEARL
The hard pearly internal layer of several kinds of shells, esp. of pearl oysters, river mussels, and the abalone shells; nacre. See Pearl.