Word Meanings - BLADEFISH - Book Publishers vocabulary database

A long, thin, marine fish of Europe ; the ribbon fish.

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• MARINE
  Formed by the action of the currents or waves of the sea; as, marine deposits. Marine acid , hydrochloric acid. -- Marine barometer. See under Barometer. -- Marine corps, a corps formed of the officers, noncommissioned officers, privates, and
• MARINERSHIP
  Seamanship. Udalt.
• MARINER
  One whose occupation is to assist in navigating ships; a seaman or sailor. Chaucer. Mariner's compass. See under Compass.
• RIBBONISM
  The principles and practices of the Ribbonmen. See Ribbon Society, under Ribbon.
• RIBBON
  See PL (more info) 1. A fillet or narrow woven fabric, commonly of silk, used for trimming some part of a woman's attire, for badges, and other decorative purposes. 2. A narrow strip or shred; as, a steel or
• MARINED
  Having the lower part of the body like a fish. Crabb.
• RIBBONWOOD
  A malvaceous tree of New Zealand, the bark of which is used for cordage.
• EUROPEAN
  Of or pertaining to Europe, or to its inhabitants. On the European plain, having rooms to let, and leaving it optional with guests whether they will take meals in the house; -- said of hotels.
• RIBBONMAN
  A member of the Ribbon Society. See Ribbon Society, under Ribbon.
• EUROPEANIZE
  To cause to become like the Europeans in manners or character; to habituate or accustom to European usages. A state of society . . . changed and Europenized. Lubbock.
• PLEUROPERITONEUM
  The pleural and peritoneal membranes, or the membrane lining the body cavity and covering the surface of the inclosed viscera; the peritoneum; -- used especially in the case of those animals in which the body cavity is not divided. Note: Peritoneum
• FUMARINE
  An alkaloid extracted from fumitory, as a white crystalline substance.
• PLEUROPERITONEAL
  Of or pertaining to the pleural and peritoneal membranes or cavities, or to the pleuroperitoneum.
• PLEUROPERIPNEUMONY
  Pleuropneumonia.
• ULTRAMARINE
  Situated or being beyond the sea. Burke.
• SUBMARINE
  Being, acting, or growing, under water in the sea; as, submarine navigators; submarine plants. Submarine armor, a waterproof dress of strong material, having a helmet into which air for breathing is pumped through a tube leading from above
• AMARINE
  A characteristic crystalline substance, obtained from oil of bitter almonds.
• CUSTOMARINESS
  Quality of being customary.
• POMARINE
  Having the nostril covered with a scale. Pomarine jager , a North Atlantic jager having the elongated middle tail feathers obtuse. The adult is black.
• CONCERT OF EUROPE; EUROPEAN CONCERT
  An agreement or understanding between the chief European powers to take only joint action in the Eastern Question.
• ROSMARINE
  1. Dew from the sea; sea dew. That purer brine And wholesome dew called rosmarine. B. Jonson. 2. Rosemary. Spenser. "Biting on anise seed and rosmarine." Bp. Hall.