Word Meanings - ESKIMO - Book Publishers vocabulary database
One of a peculiar race inhabiting Arctic America and Greenland. powerful dogs used by the Eskimos to draw sledges. It closely resembles the gray wolf, with which it is often crossed.
Related words: (words related to ESKIMO)
- GREENLANDER
A native of Greenland. - PECULIARIZE
To make peculiar; to set appart or assign, as an exclusive possession. Dr. John Smith. - INHABITATE
To inhabit. - CROSSLY
Athwart; adversely; unfortunately; peevishly; fretfully; with ill humor. - CROSS-EXAMINER
One who cross-examines or conducts a crosse-examination. - CROSSJACK
The lowest square sail, or the lower yard of the mizzenmast. - INHABITATIVENESS
A tendency or propensity to permanent residence in a place or abode; love of home and country. - CROSSOPTERYGIAN
Of or pertaining to the Crossopterygii. -- n. - CROSSBRED
Produced by mixing distinct breeds; mongrel. - POWERFUL
Large; capacious; -- said of veins of ore. Syn. -- Mighty; strong; potent; forcible; efficacious; energetic; intense. -- Pow"er*ful*ly, adv. -- Pow"er*ful*ness, n. (more info) 1. Full of power; capable of producing great effects of any - CROSS-STONE
See STAUROTIDE - AMERICANIZATION
The process of Americanizing. - CROSS-ARMED
With arms crossed. - CROSSGRAINED
1. Having the grain or fibers run diagonally, or more or less transversely an irregularly, so as to interfere with splitting or planing. If the stuff proves crossgrained, . . . then you must turn your stuff to plane it the contrary way. Moxon. - CROSSBREED
1. A breed or an animal produced from parents of different breeds; a new variety, as of plants, combining the qualites of two parent varieties or stocks. 2. Anything partaking of the natures of two different things; a hybrid. - CROSSLEGGED
Having the legs crossed. - CROSS-VAULTING
Vaulting formed by the intersection of two or more simple vaults. - PECULIARNESS
The quality or state of being peculiar; peculiarity. Mede. - INHABITANCE; INHABITANCY
The state of having legal right to claim the privileges of a recognized inhabitant; especially, the right to support in case of poverty, acquired by residence in a town; habitancy. (more info) 1. The act of inhabiting, or the state of - CROSSHEAD
A beam or bar across the head or end of a rod, etc., or a block attached to it and carrying a knuckle pin; as the solid crosspiece running between parallel slides, which receives motion from the piston of a steam engine and imparts it - ARCTIC
Pertaining to, or situated under, the northern constellation called the Bear; northern; frigid; as, the arctic pole, circle, region, ocean; an arctic expedition, night, temperature. Note: The arctic circle is a lesser circle, parallel - LACROSSE
A game of ball, originating among the North American Indians, now the popular field sport of Canada, and played also in England and the United States. Each player carries a long-handled racket, called a "crosse". The ball is not handled but caught