Word Meanings - EARTHMAD - Book Publishers vocabulary database

The earthworm. The earthmads and all the sorts of worms . . . are without eyes. Holland.

Related words: (words related to EARTHMAD)

• WORMSEED
  Any one of several plants, as Artemisia santonica, and Chenopodium anthelminticum, whose seeds have the property of expelling worms from the stomach and intestines. Wormseed mustard, a slender, cruciferous plant having small lanceolate leaves.
• HOLLANDAISE SAUCE; HOLLANDAISE
  A sauce consisting essentially of a seasoned emulsion of butter and yolk of eggs with a little lemon juice or vinegar.
• WITHOUT-DOOR
  Outdoor; exterior. "Her without-door form." Shak.
• WITHOUTFORTH
  Without; outside' outwardly. Cf. Withinforth. Chaucer.
• HOLLAND
  A kind of linen first manufactured in Holland; a linen fabric used for window shades, children's garments, etc.; as, brown or unbleached hollands.
• WITHOUTEN
  Without. Chaucer.
• HOLLANDS
  See HOLLAND (more info) 1. Gin made in Holland. 2. pl.
• HOLLANDISH
  Relating to Holland; Dutch.
• HOLLANDER
  1. A native or one of the people of Holland; a Dutchman. 2. A very hard, semi-glazed, green or dark brown brick, which will not absorb water; -- called also, Dutch clinker. Wagner.
• EARTHWORM
  Any worm of the genus Lumbricus and allied genera, found in damp soil. One of the largest and most abundant species in Europe and America is L. terrestris; many others are known; -- called also angleworm and dewworm. 2. A mean, sordid person; a
• WITHOUT
  1. On or at the outside of; out of; not within; as, without doors. Without the gate Some drive the cars, and some the coursers rein. Dryden. 2. Out of the limits of; out of reach of; beyond. Eternity, before the world and after, is without our
• CONSORTSHIP
  The condition of a consort; fellowship; partnership. Hammond.