Word Meanings - CENTIPED - Book Publishers vocabulary database
A species of the Myriapoda; esp. the large, flattened, venomous kinds of the order Chilopoda, found in tropical climates. they are centipede (
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- FLATTEN
To lower the pitch of; to cause to sound less sharp; to let fall from the pitch. To flatten a sail , to set it more nearly fore-and-aft of the vessel. -- Flattening oven, in glass making, a heated chamber in which split glass cylinders - 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, - FOUNDER
One who founds, establishes, and erects; one who lays a foundation; an author; one from whom anything originates; one who endows. - TROPICALLY
In a tropical manner; figuratively; metaphorically. - FOUND
imp. & p. p. of Find. - FOUNDATIONER
One who derives support from the funds or foundation of a college or school. - 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, - FOUNDEROUS
Difficult to travel; likely to trip one up; as, a founderous road. Burke. - FOUNDRESS
A female founder; a woman who founds or establishes, or who endows with a fund. - FOUNDERY
See FOUNDRY - ORDERLY
1. Conformed to order; in order; regular; as, an orderly course or plan. Milton. 2. Observant of order, authority, or rule; hence, obedient; quiet; peaceable; not unruly; as, orderly children; an orderly community. 3. Performed in good - VENOMOUS
Having a poison gland or glands for the secretion of venom, as certain serpents and insects. 3. Noxious; mischievous; malignant; spiteful; as, a venomous progeny; a venomous writer. Venomous snake , any serpent which has poison glands and fangs, - CHILOPODA
One of the orders of myriapods, including the centipeds. They have a single pair of elongated legs attached laterally to each segment; well developed jaws; and a pair of thoracic legs converted into poison fangs. They are insectivorous, very active, - LARGE-ACRED
Possessing much land. - FOUNDLING
A deserted or exposed infant; a child found without a parent or owner. Foundling hospital, a hospital for foundlings. - MYRIAPODA
A class, or subclass, of arthropods, related to the hexapod insects, from which they differ in having the body made up of numerous similar segments, nearly all of which bear true jointed legs. They have one pair of antennæ, three pairs of mouth - FOUNDING
The art of smelting and casting metals. - LARGE-HANDED
Having large hands, Fig.: Taking, or giving, in large quantities; rapacious or bountiful. - LARGE-HEARTED
Having a large or generous heart or disposition; noble; liberal. -- Large"-heart`ed*ness, n. - ORDERLINESS
The state or quality of being orderly. - 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. - IMBORDER
To furnish or inclose with a border; to form a border of. Milton. - ENLARGEMENT
1. The act of increasing in size or bulk, real or apparent; the state of being increased; augmentation; further extension; expansion. 2. Expansion or extension, as of the powers of the mind; ennoblement, as of the feelings and character; as, an - MISORDER
To order ill; to manage erroneously; to conduct badly. Shak. - FOOL-LARGESSE
Foolish expenditure; waste. Chaucer. - ACCORDER
One who accords, assents, or concedes. - PROFOUNDNESS
The quality or state of being profound; profundity; depth. Hooker. - PROFOUNDLY
In a profound manner. Why sigh you so profoundly Shak. - INTERTROPICAL
Situated between or within the tropics. J. Morse.