Word Meanings - EQUATOR - Book Publishers vocabulary database
The imaginary great circle on the earth's surface, everywhere equally distant from the two poles, and dividing the earth's surface into two hemispheres.
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- CIRCLED
Having the form of a circle; round. "Monthly changes in her circled orb." Shak. - EARTHLY-MINDED
Having a mind devoted to earthly things; worldly-minded; -- opposed to spiritual-minded. -- Earth"ly-mind`ed*ness, n. - EARTH FLAX
A variety of asbestus. See Amianthus. - POLESTAR
1. Polaris, or the north star. See North star, under North. 2. A guide or director. - DIVIDER
An instrument for dividing lines, describing circles, etc., compasses. See Compasses. Note: The word dividers is usually applied to the instrument as made for the use of draughtsmen, etc.; compasses to the coarser instrument used by carpenters. - EARTHDIN
An earthquake. - DIVIDEND
A number or quantity which is to be divided. (more info) 1. A sum of money to be divided and distributed; the share of a sum divided that falls to each individual; a distribute sum, share, or percentage; -- applied to the profits as appropriated - IMAGINARY
Existing only in imagination or fancy; not real; fancied; visionary; ideal. Wilt thou add to all the griefs I suffer Imaginary ills and fancied tortures Addison. Imaginary calculus See under Calculus. -- Imaginary expression or quantity - SURFACE LOADING
The weight supported per square unit of surface; the quotient obtained by dividing the gross weight, in pounds, of a fully loaded flying machine, by the total area, in square feet, of its supporting surface. - GREAT-HEARTED
1. High-spirited; fearless. Clarendon. 2. Generous; magnanimous; noble. - GREAT-GRANDFATHER
The father of one's grandfather or grandmother. - EVERYWHERENESS
Ubiquity; omnipresence. Grew. - DISTANT
stand apart, be separate or distant; dis- + stare to stand. See 1. Separated; having an intervening space; at a distance; away. One board had two tenons, equally distant. Ex. xxxvi. 22. Diana's temple is not distant far. Shak. 2. Far separated; - EVERYWHERE
In every place; in all places; hence, in every part; throughly; altogether. - EARTHSTAR
A curious fungus of the genus Geaster, in which the outer coating splits into the shape of a star, and the inner one forms a ball containing the dustlike spores. - EARTHBRED
Low; grovelling; vulgar. - GREAT-GRANDSON
A son of one's grandson or granddaughter. - GREAT-HEARTEDNESS
The quality of being greathearted; high-mindedness; magnanimity. - EARTHBANK
A bank or mound of earth. - EARTHQUAVE
An earthquake. - SUBINDIVIDUAL
A division of that which is individual. An individual can not branch itself into subindividuals. Milton. - INGREAT
To make great; to enlarge; to magnify. Fotherby. - UNEARTHLY
Not terrestrial; supernatural; preternatural; hence, weird; appalling; terrific; as, an unearthly sight or sound. -- Un*earth"li*ness, n. - INDIVIDUALIZER
One who individualizes. - SUBDIVIDE
To divide the parts of into more parts; to part into smaller divisions; to divide again, as what has already been divided. The progenies of Cham and Japhet swarmed into colonies, and those colonies were subdivided into many others. Dryden.