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Word Meanings - DIPTERAL - Book Publishers vocabulary database

Having two wings only; belonging to the order Diptera.

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  • HAVENED
    Sheltered in a haven. Blissful havened both from joy and pain. Keats.
  • HAVENER
    A harbor master.
  • HAVELOCK
    A light cloth covering for the head and neck, used by soldiers as a protection from sunstroke.
  • HAVE
    haven, habben, AS. habben ; akin to OS. hebbian, D. hebben, OFries, hebba, OHG. hab, G. haben, Icel. hafa, Sw. hafva, Dan. have, Goth. haban, and prob. to L. habere, whence F. 1. To hold in possession or control; to own; as, he has a farm. 2.
  • HAVENAGE
    Harbor dues; port dues.
  • HAVEN
    habe, Dan. havn, Icel. höfn, Sw. hamn; akin to E. have, and hence orig., a holder; or to heave ; or akin to AS. hæf sea, 1. A bay, recess, or inlet of the sea, or the mouth of a river, which affords anchorage and shelter for shipping; a harbor;
  • HAVANA
    Of or pertaining to Havana, the capital of the island of Cuba; as, an Havana cigar; -- formerly sometimes written Havannah. -- n.
  • ORDERLY
    1. Conformed to order; in order; regular; as, an orderly course or plan. Milton. 2. Observant of order, authority, or rule; hence, obedient; quiet; peaceable; not unruly; as, orderly children; an orderly community. 3. Performed in good
  • HAVERSIAN
    Pertaining to, or discovered by, Clopton Havers, an English physician of the seventeenth century. Haversian canals , the small canals through which the blood vessels ramify in bone.
  • BELONG
    attain to, to concern); pref. be- + longen to desire. See Long, v. Note: 1. To be the property of; as, Jamaica belongs to Great Britain. 2. To be a part of, or connected with; to be appendant or related; to owe allegiance or service. A desert place
  • HAVING
    Possession; goods; estate. I 'll lend you something; my having is not much. Shak.
  • HAVIOR
    Behavior; demeanor. Shak. (more info) having, of same origin as E. aver a work horse. The h is due to
  • DIPTERAL
    Having two wings only; belonging to the order Diptera.
  • DIPTERA
    An extensive order of insects having only two functional wings and two balancers, as the house fly, mosquito, etc. They have a suctorial proboscis, often including two pairs of sharp organs with which they pierce the skin of animals. They undergo
  • HAVOC
    Wide and general destruction; devastation; waste. As for Saul, he made havoc of the church. Acts viii. 3. Ye gods, what havoc does ambition make Among your works! Addison. (more info) fr. E. havoc, cf. OE. havot, or AS. hafoc hawk, which is a cruel
  • ORDERLINESS
    The state or quality of being orderly.
  • DIPTERAN
    An insect of the order Diptera.
  • ORDER
    1. Regular arrangement; any methodical or established succession or harmonious relation; method; system; as: Of material things, like the books in a library. Of intellectual notions or ideas, like the topics of a discource. Of periods of time or
  • BELONGING
    1. That which belongs to one; that which pertains to one; hence, goods or effects. "Thyself and thy belongings." Shak. 2. That which is connected with a principal or greater thing; an appendage; an appurtenance. 3. Family; relations; household.
  • HAVER
    A possessor; a holder. Shak.
  • IMBORDER
    To furnish or inclose with a border; to form a border of. Milton.
  • MISORDER
    To order ill; to manage erroneously; to conduct badly. Shak.
  • MISBEHAVE
    To behave ill; to conduct one's self improperly; -- often used with a reciprocal pronoun.
  • INSHAVE
    A plane for shaving or dressing the concave or inside faces of barrel staves.
  • ACCORDER
    One who accords, assents, or concedes.
  • DRAWSHAVE
    See KNIFE
  • MISBEHAVIOR
    Improper, rude, or uncivil behavior; ill conduct. Addison.
  • SHAVING
    1. The act of one who, or that which, shaves; specifically, the act of cutting off the beard with a razor. 2. That which is shaved off; a thin slice or strip pared off with a shave, a knife, a plane, or other cutting instrument. "Shaving
  • DISORDER
    1. Want of order or regular disposition; lack of arrangement; confusion; disarray; as, the troops were thrown into disorder; the papers are in disorder. 2. Neglect of order or system; irregularity. From vulgar bounds with brave disorder part, And
  • RATTLEWINGS
    The golden-eye.
  • BEHAVIOR
    Manner of behaving, whether good or bad; mode of conducting one's self; conduct; deportment; carriage; -- used also of inanimate objects; as, the behavior of a ship in a storm; the behavior of the magnetic needle. A gentleman that is very singular

 

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