Word Meanings - DICTAMNUS - Book Publishers vocabulary database

A suffrutescent, D. Fraxinella , with strong perfume and showy flowers. The volatile oil of the leaves is highly inflammable.

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• STRONGYLOID
  Like, or pertaining to, Strongylus, a genus of parasitic nematode worms of which many species infest domestic animals. Some of the species, especially those living in the kidneys, lungs, and bronchial tubes, are often very injurious. -- n.
• VOLATILENESS; VOLATILITY
  Quality or state of being volatile; disposition to evaporate; changeableness; fickleness. Syn. -- See Levity.
• PERFUMER
  1. One who, oe that which, perfumes. 2. One whose trade is to make or sell perfumes.
• STRONGYLID
  Strongyloid.
• HIGHLY
  In a high manner, or to a high degree; very much; as, highly esteemed.
• INFLAMMABLENESS
  The quality or state of being inflammable; inflammability. Boyle.
• STRONG
  strong; akin to D. & G. streng strict, rigorous, OHG. strengi strong, brave, harsh, Icel. strangr strong, severe, Dan. streng, Sw. sträng 1. Having active physical power, or great physical power to act; having a power of exerting great bodily
• STRONGLY
  In a strong manner; so as to be strong in action or in resistance; with strength; with great force; forcibly; powerfully; firmly; vehemently; as, a town strongly fortified; he objected strongly.
• PERFUMERY
  The art of preparing perfumes. (more info) 1. Perfumes, in general. 2. Etym:
• PERFUME
  To fill or impregnate with a perfume; to scent. And Carmel's flowery top perfumes the skies. Pope.
• STRONG-WATER
  1. An acid. 2. Distilled or ardent spirits; intoxicating liquor.
• STRONGHOLD
  A fastness; a fort or fortress; fortfield place; a place of security.
• INFLAMMABLE
  1. Capable of being easily set fire; easily enkindled; combustible; as, inflammable oils or spirits. 2. Excitable; irritable; irascible; easily provoked; as, an inflammable temper. Inflammable air, the old chemical name for hydrogen.
• STRONGHAND
  Violence; force; power. It was their meaning to take what they needed by stronghand. Sir W. Raleigh.
• VOLATILE
  1. Passing through the air on wings, or by the buoyant force of the atmosphere; flying; having the power to fly. 2. Capable of wasting away, or of easily passing into the aëriform state; subject to evaporation. Note: Substances which affect the
• STRONGISH
  Somewhat strong.
• STRONG-MINDED
  Having a vigorous mind; esp., having or affecting masculine qualities of mind; -- said of women. -- Strong"-mind`ed*ness, n.
• SUFFRUTESCENT
  Slightly woody at the base.
• LEAVES
  pl. of Leaf.
• SHOWY
  , a. Etym:
• HEADSTRONG
  1. Not easily restrained; ungovernable; obstinate; stubborn. Not let headstrong boy my will control. Dryden. 2. Directed by ungovernable will, or proceeding from obstinacy. Dryden. Syn. -- Violent; obstinate; ungovernable; unratable; stubborn;
• PARKLEAVES
  A European species of Saint John's-wort; the tutsan. See Tutsan.
• HEADSTRONGNESS
  Obstinacy. Gayton.
• OVERHIGHLY
  Too highly; too greatly.