Word Meanings - CLIMATE - Book Publishers vocabulary database

One of thirty regions or zones, parallel to the equator, into which the surface of the earth from the equator to the pole was divided, according to the successive increase of the length of the midsummer day. 2. The condition of a place in relation

Additional info about word: CLIMATE

One of thirty regions or zones, parallel to the equator, into which the surface of the earth from the equator to the pole was divided, according to the successive increase of the length of the midsummer day. 2. The condition of a place in relation to various phenomena of the atmosphere, as temperature, moisture, etc., especially as they affect animal or vegetable life.

Related words: (words related to CLIMATE)

• EARTHLY-MINDED
  Having a mind devoted to earthly things; worldly-minded; -- opposed to spiritual-minded. -- Earth"ly-mind`ed*ness, n.
• RELATIONSHIP
  The state of being related by kindred, affinity, or other alliance. Mason.
• EARTH FLAX
  A variety of asbestus. See Amianthus.
• MIDSUMMER
  The middle of summer. Shak. Midsummer daisy , the oxeye daisy.
• EQUATORIAL
  Of or pertaining to the equator; as, equatorial climates; also, pertaining to an equatorial instrument.
• DIVIDER
  An instrument for dividing lines, describing circles, etc., compasses. See Compasses. Note: The word dividers is usually applied to the instrument as made for the use of draughtsmen, etc.; compasses to the coarser instrument used by carpenters.
• EARTHDIN
  An earthquake.
• PLACEMENT
  1. The act of placing, or the state of being placed. 2. Position; place.
• DIVIDEND
  A number or quantity which is to be divided. (more info) 1. A sum of money to be divided and distributed; the share of a sum divided that falls to each individual; a distribute sum, share, or percentage; -- applied to the profits as appropriated
• SURFACE LOADING
  The weight supported per square unit of surface; the quotient obtained by dividing the gross weight, in pounds, of a fully loaded flying machine, by the total area, in square feet, of its supporting surface.
• EQUATORIALLY
  So as to have motion or direction parallel to the equator.
• PLACENTARY
  Having reference to the placenta; as, the placentary system of classification.
• PLACE-KICK
  To make a place kick; to make by a place kick. -- Place"-kick`er, n.
• CONDITIONALITY
  The quality of being conditional, or limited; limitation by certain terms.
• LENGTHEN
  To extent in length; to make longer in extent or duration; as, to lengthen a line or a road; to lengthen life; -- sometimes followed by out. What if I please to lengthen out his date. Dryden.
• ACCORDANCY
  Accordance. Paley.
• LENGTHFUL
  Long. Pope.
• ACCORDANTLY
  In accordance or agreement; agreeably; conformably; -- followed by with or to.
• EARTHSTAR
  A curious fungus of the genus Geaster, in which the outer coating splits into the shape of a star, and the inner one forms a ball containing the dustlike spores.
• EARTHBRED
  Low; grovelling; vulgar.
• REINCREASE
  To increase again.
• SUBINDIVIDUAL
  A division of that which is individual. An individual can not branch itself into subindividuals. Milton.
• MISRELATION
  Erroneous relation or narration. Abp. Bramhall.
• UNEARTHLY
  Not terrestrial; supernatural; preternatural; hence, weird; appalling; terrific; as, an unearthly sight or sound. -- Un*earth"li*ness, n.
• REPLACEMENT
  The removal of an edge or an angle by one or more planes. (more info) 1. The act of replacing.