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Word Meanings - CAPILLIFORM - Book Publishers vocabulary database

In the shape or form of, a hair, or of hairs.

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  • SHAPE
    is from the strong verb, AS. scieppan, scyppan, sceppan, p. p. 1. To form or create; especially, to mold or make into a particular form; to give proper form or figure to. I was shapen in iniquity. Ps. li. 5. Grace shaped her limbs, and
  • SHAPER
    1. One who shapes; as, the shaper of one's fortunes. The secret of those old shapers died with them. Lowell. 2. That which shapes; a machine for giving a particular form or outline to an object. Specifically; A kind of planer in which the tool,
  • SHAPELY
    1. Well-formed; having a regular shape; comely; symmetrical. T. Warton. Waste sandy valleys, once perplexed with thorn, The spiry fir and shapely box adorn. Pope. Where the shapely column stood. Couper. 2. Fit; suitable. Shaply for to
  • SHAPELESS
    Destitute of shape or regular form; wanting symmetry of dimensions; misshapen; -- opposed to Ant: shapely. -- Shape"less*ness, n. The shapeless rock, or hanging precipice. Pope.
  • HAIRSPLITTER
    One who makes excessively nice or needless distinctions in reasoning; one who quibbles. "The caviling hairsplitter." De Quincey.
  • HAIRSPLITTING
    Making excessively nice or trivial distinctions in reasoning; subtle. -- n.
  • HAIRSTREAK
    A butterfly of the genus Thecla; as, the green hairstreak (T. rubi).
  • HAIRSPRING
    The slender recoil spring which regulates the motion of the balance in a timepiece.
  • SHAPELINESS
    The quality or state of being shapely.
  • SPINDLE-SHAPED
    Thickest in the middle, and tapering to both ends; fusiform; -- applied chiefly to roots. (more info) 1. Having the shape of a spindle.
  • DIAMOND-SHAPED
    Shaped like a diamond or rhombus.
  • STRAP-SHAPED
    Shaped like a strap; ligulate; as, a strap-shaped corolla.
  • AWL-SHAPED
    Subulate. See Subulate. Gray. (more info) 1. Shaped like an awl.
  • SWORD-SHAPED
    Shaped like a sword; ensiform, as the long, flat leaves of the Iris, cattail, and the like.
  • FIDDLE-SHAPED
    Inversely ovate, with a deep hollow on each side. Gray.
  • PEAR-SHAPED
    Of the form of a pear.
  • EGG-SHAPED
    Resembling an egg in form; ovoid.
  • LATH-SHAPED
    Having a slender elongated form, like a lath; -- said of the feldspar of certain igneous rocks, as diabase, as seen in microscopic sections.
  • VASE-SHAPED
    Formed like a vase, or like a common flowerpot.
  • SHIPSHAPE
    Arranged in a manner befitting a ship; hence, trim; tidy; orderly. Even then she expressed her scorn for the lubbery executioner's mode of tying a knot, and did it herself in a shipshape orthodox manner. De Quincey. Keep everything shipshape, for
  • URN-SHAPED
    Having the shape of an urn; as, the urn-shaped capsules of some mosses.
  • TRUMPET-SHAPED
    Tubular with one end dilated, as the flower of the trumpet creeper.
  • WHIP-SHAPED
    Shaped like the lash of a whip; long, slender, round, and tapering; as, a whip-shaped root or stem.
  • CLUB-SHAPED
    Enlarged gradually at the end, as the antennæ of certain insects.
  • SALVER-SHAPED
    Tubular, with a speading border. See Hypocraterimorphous.
  • TONGUE-SHAPED
    Shaped like a tongue; specifically , linear or oblong, and fleshy, blunt at the end, and convex beneath; as, a tongue-shaped leaf.

 

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