Word Meanings - CASTOREUM - Book Publishers vocabulary database

A peculiar bitter orange-brown substance, with strong, penetrating odor, found in two sacs between the anus and external genitals of the beaver; castor; -- used in medicine as an antispasmodic, and by perfumers.

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• PECULIARIZE
  To make peculiar; to set appart or assign, as an exclusive possession. Dr. John Smith.
• ORANGEADE
  A drink made of orange juice and water, corresponding to lemonade; orange sherbet.
• BITTERWEED
  A species of Ambrosia ; Roman worm wood. Gray.
• BROWNBACK
  The dowitcher or red-breasted snipe. See Dowitcher.
• SUBSTANCE
  To furnish or endow with substance; to supply property to; to make rich.
• BITTERSWEET
  1. Anything which is bittersweet. 2. A kind of apple so called. Gower. A climbing shrub, with oval coral-red berries (Solanum dulcamara); woody nightshade. The whole plant is poisonous, and has a taste at first sweetish and then bitter.
• FOUNDATION
  The lowest and supporting part or member of a wall, including the base course , under Base, n.) and footing courses; in a frame house, the whole substructure of masonry. 4. A donation or legacy appropriated to support a charitable institution,
• BITTERS
  A liquor, generally spirituous in which a bitter herb, leaf, or root is steeped.
• BEAVER
  An amphibious rodent, of the genus Castor. Note: It has palmated hind feet, and a broad, flat tail. It is remarkable for its ingenuity in constructing its valued for its fur, and for the material called castor, obtained from two small bags in the
• GENITALS
  The organs of generation; the sexual organs; the private parts.
• FOUND
  imp. & p. p. of Find.
• CASTOR BEAN
  The bean or seed of the castor-oil plant (Ricinus communis, or Palma Christi.)
• STRONGYLOID
  Like, or pertaining to, Strongylus, a genus of parasitic nematode worms of which many species infest domestic animals. Some of the species, especially those living in the kidneys, lungs, and bronchial tubes, are often very injurious. -- n.
• PECULIARNESS
  The quality or state of being peculiar; peculiarity. Mede.
• FOUNDATIONER
  One who derives support from the funds or foundation of a college or school.
• CASTOR
  A genus of rodents, including the beaver. See Beaver. 2. Castoreum. See Castoreum. 3. A hat, esp. one made of beaver fur; a beaver. I have always been known for the jaunty manner in which I wear my castor. Sir W. Scott. 4. A heavy quality
• ORANGE
  Of or pertaining to an orange; of the color of an orange; reddish yellow; as, an orange ribbon.
• FOUNDEROUS
  Difficult to travel; likely to trip one up; as, a founderous road. Burke.
• BEAVERTEEN
  A kind of fustian made of coarse twilled cotton, shorn after dyeing. Simmonds.
• STRONGYLID
  Strongyloid.
• CONFOUNDED
  1. Confused; perplexed. A cloudy and confounded philosopher. Cudworth. 2. Excessive; extreme; abominable. He was a most confounded tory. Swift. The tongue of that confounded woman. Sir. W. Scott.
• IMBITTER
  To make bitter; hence, to make distressing or more distressing; to make sad, morose, sour, or malignant. Is there anything that more imbitters the enjoyment of this life than shame South. Imbittered against each other by former contests. Bancroft.
• INTERPENETRATE
  To penetrate between or within; to penetrate mutually. It interpenetrates my granite mass. Shelley.
• FOUNDER
  One who founds, establishes, and erects; one who lays a foundation; an author; one from whom anything originates; one who endows.
• HEADSTRONG
  1. Not easily restrained; ungovernable; obstinate; stubborn. Not let headstrong boy my will control. Dryden. 2. Directed by ungovernable will, or proceeding from obstinacy. Dryden. Syn. -- Violent; obstinate; ungovernable; unratable; stubborn;
• SEA ORANGE
  A large American holothurian having a bright orange convex body covered with finely granulated scales. Its expanded tentacles are bright red.