Word Meanings - CALLIOPE - Book Publishers vocabulary database

The Muse that presides over eloquence and heroic poetry; mother of Orpheus, and chief of the nine Muses. (more info) beautiful) +

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• CHIEFLESS
  Without a chief or leader.
• BEAUTIFUL
  Having the qualities which constitute beauty; pleasing to the sight or the mind. A circle is more beautiful than a square; a square is more beautiful than a parallelogram. Lord Kames. Syn. -- Handsome; elegant; lovely; fair; charming; graceful;
• 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.
• MOTHER'S DAY
  A day appointed for the honor and uplift of motherhood by the loving remembrance of each person of his mother through the performance of some act of kindness, visit, tribute, or letter. The founder of the day is Anna Jarvis, of Philadelphia, who
• MOTHERING
  A rural custom in England, of visiting one's parents on Midlent Sunday, -- supposed to have been originally visiting the mother church to make offerings at the high altar.
• MOTHERLESS
  Destitute of a mother; having lost a mother; as, motherless children.
• CHIEFEST
  First or foremost; chief; principal. "Our chiefest courtier." Shak. The chiefest among ten thousand. Canticles v. 10.
• MOTHER-OF-THYME
  An aromatic plant ; -- called also wild thyme.
• MOTHERLINESS
  The state or quality of being motherly.
• ELOQUENCE
  1. Fluent, forcible, elegant, and persuasive speech in public; the power of expressing strong emotions in striking and appropriate language either spoken or written, thereby producing conviction or persuasion. Eloquence is speaking out . . . out
• MOTHER-IN-LAW
  The mother of one's husband or wife.
• CHIEF JUSTICE
  The presiding justice, or principal judge, of a court. Lord Chief Justice of England, The presiding judge of the Queen's Bench Division of the High Court of Justice. The highest judicial officer of the realm is the Lord High Chancellor. -- Chief
• CHIEF HARE
  A small rodent inhabiting the summits of the Rocky Mountains; -- also called crying hare, calling hare, cony, American pika, and little chief hare. Note: It is not a true hare or rabbit, but belongs to the curious family Lagomyidæ.
• HEROIC
  Larger than life size, but smaller than colossal; -- said of the representation of a human figure. Heroic Age, the age when the heroes, or those called the children of the gods, are supposed to have lived. -- Heroic poetry, that which celebrates
• MOTHER-NAKED
  Naked as when born.
• MOTHERHOOD
  The state of being a mother; the character or office of a mother.
• ORPHEUS
  The famous mythic Thracian poet, son of the Muse Calliope, and husband of Eurydice. He is reputed to have had power to entrance beasts and inanimate objects by the music of his lyre.
• MOTHER
  modar, G. mutter, OHG. muotar, Icel. moedhir, Dan. & Sw. moder, OSlav. mati, Russ. mate, Ir. & Gael. mathair, L. mater, Gr. mh`thr, Skr. matrs; cf. Skr. ma to measure. *268. Cf. Material, Matrix, 1. A female parent; especially, one of the human
• CHIEFTAINCY; CHIEFTAINSHIP
  The rank, dignity, or office of a chieftain.
• CHIEF-JUSTICESHIP
  The office of chief justice. Jay selected the chief-justiceship as most in accordance with his tastes. The Century.
• 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
• KERCHIEF
  couvrechef, F. couvrechef, a head covering, fr. couvrir to cover + 1. A square of fine linen worn by women as a covering for the head; hence, anything similar in form or material, worn for ornament on other parts of the person; -- mostly used in
• UNMOTHERED
  Deprived of a mother; motherless.
• EEL-MOTHER
  The eelpout.
• MISCHIEF
  + chief end, head, F. chef chief. See Minus, and 1. Harm; damage; esp., disarrangement of order; trouble or vexation caused by human agency or by some living being, intentionally or not; often, calamity, mishap; trivial evil caused by
• STEPMOTHER
  The wife of one's father by a subsequent marriage.
• ENKERCHIEFED
  Bound with a kerchief; draped; hooded; covered. Milton. That soft, enkerchiefed hair. M. Arnold.
• NECKERCHIEF
  A kerchief for the neck; -- called also neck handkerchief.
• SMOTHERINESS
  The quality or state of being smothery.
• GREAT-GRANDMOTHER
  The mother of one's grandfather or grandmother.