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Word Meanings - COUNTRYWOMAN - Book Publishers vocabulary database

A woman born, or dwelling, in the country, as opposed to the city; a woman born or dwelling in the same country with another native or inhabitant. Shak.

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  • COUNTRY-DANCE
    See MACUALAY
  • OPPOSABILITY
    The condition or quality of being opposable. In no savage have I ever seen the slightest approach to opposability of the great toe, which is the essential distinguishing feature of apes. A. R. Wallace.
  • ANOTHER-GUESS
    Of another sort. It used to go in another-guess manner. Arbuthnot.
  • OPPOSITIONIST
    One who belongs to the opposition party. Praed.
  • COUNTRY SEAT
    A dwelling in the country, used as a place of retirement from the city.
  • OPPOSITE
    1. One who opposes; an opponent; an antagonist. The opposites of this day's strife. Shak. 2. That which is opposed or contrary; as, sweetness and its opposite. The virtuous man meets with more opposites and opponents than any other. Landor.
  • WOMANLY
    Becoming a woman; feminine; as, womanly behavior. Arbuthnot. A blushing, womanly discovering grace. Donne.
  • OPPOSITIVE
    Capable of being put in opposition. Bp. Hall.
  • OPPOSELESS
    Not to be effectually opposed; irresistible. "Your great opposeless wills." Shak.
  • NATIVE
    1. Arising by birth; having an origin; born. Anaximander's opinion is, that the gods are native, rising and vanishing again in long periods of times. Cudworth. 2. Of or pertaining to one's birth; natal; belonging to the place or the circumstances
  • WOMANHEAD; WOMANHEDE
    Womanhood. Chaucer.
  • OPPOSITIFOLIOUS
    Placed at the same node with a leaf, but separated from it by the whole diameter of the stem; as, an oppositifolious peduncle.
  • COUNTRY CLUB
    A club usually located in the suburbs or vicinity of a city or town and devoted mainly to outdoor sports.
  • INHABITANT
    One who has a legal settlement in a town, city, or parish; a permanent resident. (more info) 1. One who dwells or resides permanently in a place, as distinguished from a transient lodger or visitor; as, an inhabitant of a house, a town, a city,
  • NATIVE STEEL
    A sort of steel which has been found where a burning coal seam had reduced and carbonized adjacent iron ore.
  • OPPOSE
    1. To be set opposite. Shak. 2. To act adversely or in opposition; -- with against or to; as, a servant opposed against the act. Shak. 3. To make objection or opposition in controversy.
  • COUNTRYSIDE
    A particular rural district; a country neighborhood. W. Black. Blackmore.
  • DWELL
    AS. dwellan to deceive, hinder, delay, dwelian to err; akin to Icel. dvelja to delay, tarry, Sw. dväljas to dwell, Dan. dvæle to linger, 1. To delay; to linger. 2. To abide; to remain; to continue. I 'll rather dwell in my necessity. Shak. Thy
  • OPPOSABLE
    1. Capable of being opposed or resisted. 2. Capable of being placed opposite something else; as, the thumb is opposable to the forefinger.
  • WOMAN'S CHRISTIAN TEMPERANCE UNION
    An association of women formed in the United States in 1874, for the advancement of temperance by organizing preventive, educational, evangelistic, social, and legal work.
  • ELIMINATIVE
    Relating to, or carrying on, elimination.
  • NOMINATIVELY
    In the manner of a nominative; as a nominative.
  • EMANATIVE
    Issuing forth; effluent.
  • AIRWOMAN
    A woman who ascends or flies in an aircraft.
  • DOMINATIVE
    Governing; ruling; imperious. Sir E. Sandys.
  • INDWELLING
    Residence within, as in the heart. The personal indwelling of the Spirit in believers. South.
  • REGNATIVE
    Ruling; governing.
  • COORDINATIVE
    Expressing coördination. J. W. Gibbs.
  • ENGLISHWOMAN
    Fem. of Englishman. Shak.
  • UNWOMAN
    To deprive of the qualities of a woman; to unsex. R. Browning.
  • NOBLEWOMAN
    A female of noble rank; a peeress.
  • BONDSWOMAN
    See BONDWOMAN
  • DENOMINATIVE
    Connotative; as, a denominative name. 3. Possessing, or capable of possessing, a distinct denomination or designation; denominable. The least denominative part of time is a minute. Cocker. (more info) 1. Conferring a denomination or name.

 

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