Word Meanings - DESIDERATUM - Book Publishers vocabulary database

Anything desired; that of which the lack is felt; a want generally felt and acknowledge.

Possible synonyms: (Same meaning words of DESIDERATUM)

• Addendum
• Acquisition
• improvement
• supplement
• complement
• desideratum
• concomitant
• annexation
• appendage

Related words: (words related to DESIDERATUM)

• SUPPLEMENT
  The number of degrees which, if added to a specified arc, make it 180°; the quantity by which an arc or an angle falls short of 180 degrees, or an arc falls short of a semicircle. Syn. -- Appendix. -- Appendix, Supplement. An appendix is that which
• ANNEXATION
  1. The act of annexing; process of attaching, adding, or appending; the act of connecting; union; as, the annexation of Texas to the United States, or of chattels to the freehold. The union of property with a freehold so as to become a fixture.
• ACQUISITION
  1. The act or process of acquiring. The acquisition or loss of a province. Macaulay. 2. The thing acquired or gained; an acquirement; a gain; as, learning is an acquisition. Syn. -- See Acquirement.
• ANNEXATIONIST
  One who favors annexation.
• COMPLEMENTARY
  Serving to fill out or to complete; as, complementary numbers. Complementary colors. See under Color. -- Complementary angles , two angles whose sum is 90°.
• APPENDAGE
  A subordinate or subsidiary part or organ; an external organ or limb, esp. of the articulates. Antennæ and other appendages used for feeling. Carpenter. Syn. -- Addition; adjunct; concomitant. (more info) 1. Something appended to, or accompanying,
• CONCOMITANTLY
  In company with others; unitedly; concurrently. Bp. pearson.
• CONCOMITANT
  Accompanying; conjoined; attending. It has pleased our wise Creator to annex to several objects, as also to several of our thoughts, a concomitant pleasure. Locke.
• ADDENDUM
  A thing to be added; an appendix or addition. Addendum circle , the circle which may be described around a circular spur wheel or gear wheel, touching the crests or tips of the teeth. Rankine.
• APPENDAGED
  Furnished with, or supplemented by, an appendage.
• IMPROVEMENT
  Valuable additions or betterments, as buildings, clearings, drains, fences, etc., on premises. (more info) 1. The act of improving; advancement or growth; promotion in desirable qualities; progress toward what is better; melioration;
• SUPPLEMENTAL; SUPPLEMENTARY
  Added to supply what is wanted; additional; being, or serving as, a supplement; as, a supplemental law; a supplementary sheet or volume. Supplemental air , the air which in addition to the residual air remains in the lungs after ordinary
• DESIDERATUM
  Anything desired; that of which the lack is felt; a want generally felt and acknowledge.
• SUPPLEMENTATION
  The act of supplementing. C. Kingsley.
• COMPLEMENT
  A second quantity added to a given quantity to make equal to a third given quantity. 5. Something added for ornamentation; an accessory. Without vain art or curious complements. Spenser. (more info) 1. That which fills up or completes; the quantity
• COMPLEMENTAL
  1. Supplying, or tending to supply, a deficiency; fully completing. "Complemental ceremony." Prynne. 2. Complimentary; courteous. Shak. Complemental air , the air which can be drawn into the lungs in addition to the tidal air, by the deepest
• REANNEXATION
  Act of reannexing.
• MISIMPROVEMENT
  Ill use or employment; use for a bad purpose.
• DISIMPROVEMENT
  Reduction from a better to a worse state; as, disimprovement of the earth.