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Word Meanings - EXPECTORATION - Book Publishers vocabulary database

1. The act of ejecting phlegm or mucus from the throat or lungs, by coughing, hawking, and spitting. 2. That which is expectorated, as phlegm or mucus.

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  • HAWKED
    Curved like a hawk's bill; crooked.
  • COUGHER
    One who coughs.
  • SPITTLY
    Like spittle; slimy.
  • EJECTOR
    A jet jump for lifting water or withdrawing air from a space. Ejector condenser , a condenser in which the vacuum is maintained by a jet pump. (more info) 1. One who, or that which, ejects or dispossesses.
  • MUCUS
    A viscid fluid secreted by mucous membranes, which it serves to moisten and protect. It covers the lining membranes of all the cavities which open externally, such as those of the mouth, nose, lungs, intestinal canal, urinary passages, etc.
  • EJECTMENT
    A species of mixed action, which lies for the recovery of possession of real property, and damages and costs for the wrongful withholding of it. Wharton. (more info) 1. A casting out; a dispossession; an expulsion; ejection; as, the ejectment of
  • THROATLATCH
    A strap of a bridle, halter, or the like, passing under a horse's throat.
  • HAWK MOTH
    Any moth of the family Sphingidæ, of which there are numerous genera and species. They are large, handsome moths, which fly mostly at twilight and hover about flowers like a humming bird, sucking the honey by means of a long, slender proboscis.
  • PHLEGMATICALLY
    In a phlegmatic manner.
  • HAWKEYE STATE
    Iowa; -- a nickname of obscure origin.
  • PHLEGMATICLY
    Phlegmatically.
  • WHICHEVER; WHICHSOEVER
    Whether one or another; whether one or the other; which; that one which; as, whichever road you take, it will lead you to town.
  • HAWK-EYED
    Having a keen eye; sharpsighted; discerning.
  • SPITTED
    1. Put upon a spit; pierced as if by a spit. 2. Shot out long; -- said of antlers. Bacon.
  • PHLEGMON
    Purulent inflammation of the cellular or areolar tissue.
  • WHICH
    the root of hwa who + lic body; hence properly, of what sort or kind; akin to OS. hwilik which, OFries. hwelik, D. welk, G. welch, OHG. welih, hwelih, Icel. hvilikr, Dan. & Sw. hvilken, Goth. hwileiks, 1. Of what sort or kind; what; what a; who.
  • EJECTA
    Matter ejected; material thrown out; as, the ejecta of a volcano; the ejecta, or excreta, of the body.
  • EXPECTORATE
    To discharge matter from the lungs or throat bu hawking and spitting; to spit.
  • PHLEGMATIC
    1. Watery. "Aqueous and phlegmatic." Sir I. Newton. 2. Abounding in phlegm; as, phlegmatic humors; a phlegmatic constitution. Harvey. 3. Generating or causing phlegm. "Cold and phlegmatic habitations." Sir T. Browne. 4. Not easily excited to
  • THROATWORT
    A plant formerly considered a remedy for sore throats because of its throat-shaped corolla.
  • DEJECTION
    1. A casting down; depression. Hallywell. 2. The act of humbling or abasing one's self. Adoration implies submission and dejection. Bp. Pearson. 3. Lowness of spirits occasioned by grief or misfortune; mental depression; melancholy. What besides,
  • DEJECTORY
    1. Having power, or tending, to cast down. 2. Promoting evacuations by stool. Ferrand.
  • HAWKER
    One who sells wares by crying them in the street; hence, a peddler or a packman.
  • BLUETHROAT
    A singing bird of northern Europe and Asia , related to the nightingales; -- called also blue-throated robin and blue-throated warbler.
  • MOHAWK
    One of a tribe of Indians who formed part of the Five Nations. They formerly inhabited the valley of the Mohawk River. 2. One of certain ruffians who infested the streets of London in the time of Addison, and took the name from the Mohawk Indians.
  • CUTTHROAT
    One who cuts throats; a murderer; an assassin.
  • HOVER-HAWK
    The kestrel.
  • DORHAWK
    The European goatsucker; -- so called because it eats the dor beetle. See Goatsucker. Booth.
  • FISHHAWK
    The osprey , found both in Europe and America; -- so called because it plunges into the water and seizes fishes in its talons. Called also fishing eagle, and bald buzzard.
  • JASHAWK
    A young hawk. Booth.
  • DEPHLEGMATORY
    Pertaining to, or producing, dephlegmation.

 

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