Word Meanings - DISCOPHORA - Book Publishers vocabulary database

A division of acalephs or jellyfishes, including most of the large disklike species. -- Dis*coph"o*rous, a.

Related words: (words related to DISCOPHORA)

• DIVISIONARY
  Divisional.
• DIVISIONALLY
  So as to be divisional.
• SPECIES
  A group of individuals agreeing in common attributes, and designated by a common name; a conception subordinated to another conception, called a genus, or generic conception, from which it differs in containing or comprehending more attributes,
• INCLUDED
  Inclosed; confined. Included stamens , such as are shorter than the floral envelopes, or are concealed within them.
• LARGE-ACRED
  Possessing much land.
• DIVISIONAL
  That divides; pas, a divisional line; a divisional general; a divisional surgeon of police. Divisional planes , planes of separation between rock masses. They include joints.
• LARGE-HANDED
  Having large hands, Fig.: Taking, or giving, in large quantities; rapacious or bountiful.
• LARGE-HEARTED
  Having a large or generous heart or disposition; noble; liberal. -- Large"-heart`ed*ness, n.
• DIVISIONOR
  One who divides or makes division. Sheldon.
• LARGE
  Crossing the line of a ship's course in a favorable direction; -- said of the wind when it is abeam, or between the beam and the quarter. At large. Without restraint or confinement; as, to go at large; to be left at large. Diffusely; fully;
• DIVISION
  The process of finding how many times one number or quantity is contained in another; the reverse of multiplication; also, the rule by which the operation is performed. (more info) 1. The act or process of diving anything into parts, or the state
• LARGET
  A sport piece of bar iron for rolling into a sheet; a small billet.
• LARGESS; LARGESSE
  1. Liberality; generosity; bounty. Fulfilled of largesse and of all grace. Chaucer. 2. A present; a gift; a bounty bestowed. The heralds finished their proclamation with their usual cry of "Largesse, largesse, gallant knights!" and gold and silver
• LARGELY
  In a large manner. Dryden. Milton.
• LARGENESS
  The quality or state of being large.
• INCLUDE
  1. To confine within; to hold; to contain; to shut up; to inclose; as, the shell of a nut includes the kernel; a pearl is included in a shell. 2. To comprehend or comprise, as a genus the species, the whole a part, an argument or reason
• INCLUDIBLE
  Capable of being included.
• MISDIVISION
  Wrong division.
• ENLARGEMENT
  1. The act of increasing in size or bulk, real or apparent; the state of being increased; augmentation; further extension; expansion. 2. Expansion or extension, as of the powers of the mind; ennoblement, as of the feelings and character; as, an
• FOOL-LARGESSE
  Foolish expenditure; waste. Chaucer.
• INDIVISION
  A state of being not divided; oneness. Bp. Hall.
• SUBSPECIES
  A group somewhat lessdistinct than speciesusually are, but based on characters more important than those which characterize ordinary varieties; often, a geographical variety or race.
• ENLARGED
  Made large or larger; extended; swollen. -- En*lar"ged*ly, adv. -- En*lar"ged*ness, n.
• FOOL-LARGE
  Foolishly liberal. Chaucer.
• ENLARGE
  Etym: 1. To make larger; to increase in quantity or dimensions; to extend in limits; to magnify; as, the body is enlarged by nutrition; to enlarge one's house. To enlarge their possessions of land. Locke. 2. To increase the capacity of; to expand;
• OVERLARGE
  Too large; too great.