Word Meanings - COMPOSSIBLE - Book Publishers vocabulary database

Able to exist with another thing; consistent. Chillingworth.

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• THINKING
  Having the faculty of thought; cogitative; capable of a regular train of ideas; as, man is a thinking being. -- Think"ing*ly, adv.
• THICKENING
  Something put into a liquid or mass to make it thicker.
• THEBAIC
  Of or pertaining to Thebes in Egypt; specifically, designating a version of the Bible preserved by the Copts, and esteemed of great value by biblical scholars. This version is also called the Sahidic version.
• THIRSTILY
  In a thirsty manner.
• THERMALLY
  In a thermal manner.
• THORN-HEADED
  Having a head armed with thorns or spines. Thorn-headed worm , any worm of the order Acanthocephala; -- called also thornhead.
• THRASH; THRESH
  derschen, G. dreschen, OHG. dreskan, Icel. , Sw. tröska, Dan. tærske, Goth. , Lith. traszketi to rattle, Russ. treskate to burst, crackle, 1. To beat out grain from, as straw or husks; to beat the straw or husk of with a flail; to beat off,
• THEBAN
  Of or pertaining to Thebes. Theban year , the Egyptian year of 365 days and 6 hours. J. Bryant.
• THREE-SQUARE
  Having a cross section in the form of an equilateral triangle; -- said especially of a kind of file.
• THIN
  thenne, thunne, AS. þynne; akin to D. dun, G. dünn, OHG. dunni, Icel. þunnr, Sw. tunn, Dan. tynd, Gael. & Ir. tana, W. teneu, L. tenuis, Gr. tanu thin, slender; also to AS. to extend, G. dehnen, Icel. , Goth. , L. tendere to stretch, tenere
• THERMOPHILIC
  Heat-loving; -- applied esp. to certain bacteria.
• THRYFALLOW
  To plow for the third time in summer; to trifallow. Tusser.
• THERMOTAXIC
  Pertaining to, or connected with, the regulation of temperature in the animal body; as, the thermotaxic nervous system.
• THEM
  The objective case of they. See They. Go ye rather to them that sell, and buy for yourselves. Matt. xxv. 9. Then shall the King say unto them on his right hand, Come, ye blessed of my Father. Matt. xxv. 34. Note: Them is poetically used
• THALIAN
  Of or pertaining to Thalia; hence, of or pertaining to comedy; comic.
• THYROIDEAL
  Thyroid.
• THORNBUT
  The turbot.
• THOMAS PHOSPHATE; THOMAS SLAG
  See ABOVE
• THELYTOKOUS
  Producing females only; -- said of certain female insects.
• THERMOGRAM
  The trace or record made by means of a thermograph.
• LETHARGIC; LETHARGICAL
  Pertaining to, affected with, or resembling, lethargy; morbidly drowsy; dull; heavy. -- Le*thar"gic*al*ly, v. -- Le*thar"gic*al*ness, n. -- Le*thar"gic*ness, n.
• PROGNATHIC
  Prognathous.
• BREATHE
  Etym: 1. To respire; to inhale and exhale air; hence;, to live. "I am in health, I breathe." Shak. Breathes there a man with soul so dead Sir W. Scott. 2. To take breath; to rest from action. Well! breathe awhile, and then to it again! Shak. 3.
• ANTHEMIS
  Chamomile; a genus of composite, herbaceous plants.
• POSTHUME; POSTHUMED
  Posthumos. I. Watts. Fuller.
• AETHER
  See ETHER
• FORTHPUTING
  Bold; forward; aggressive.
• TETHYDAN
  A tunicate.
• DESMOGNATHOUS
  Having the maxillo-palatine bones united; -- applied to a group of carinate birds , including various wading and swimming birds, as the ducks and herons, and also raptorial and other kinds.
• WARMTH
  The glowing effect which arises from the use of warm colors; hence, any similar appearance or effect in a painting, or work of color. Syn. -- Zeal; ardor; fervor; fervency; heat; glow; earnestness; cordiality; animation; eagerness; excitement;
• PANTHER
  A large dark-colored variety of the leopard, by some zoölogists considered a distinct species. It is marked with large ringlike spots, the centers of which are darker than the color of the body.
• PARENTHETIC; PARENTHETICAL
  1. Of the nature of a parenthesis; pertaining to, or expressed in, or as in, a parenthesis; as, a parenthetical clause; a parenthetic remark. A parenthetical observation of Moses himself. Hales. 2. Using or containing parentheses.
• NOTOTHERIUM
  An extinct genus of gigantic herbivorous marsupials, found in the Pliocene formation of Australia.
• FENCE MONTH
  the month in which female deer are fawning, when hunting is prohibited. Bullokar. -- Fence roof, a covering for defense. "They fitted their shields close to one another in manner of a fence roof." Holland. Fence time, the breeding time of fish or