Word Meanings - FALTER - Book Publishers vocabulary database

To thrash in the chaff; also, to cleanse or sift, as barley. Halliwell.

Possible synonyms: (Same meaning words of FALTER)

• Boggle
• Halt
• hesitate
• dubitate
• falter
• blunder
• blotch
• botch
• spoil
• mar
• Flicker
• Flutter
• quiver
• bicker
• waver
• glimmer
• shimmer
• scintillate
• Stop
• rest
• limp
• hammer
• stammer
• demur
• pause
• hold
• stand still
• Hesitate
• Dubitate
• scruple
• doubt
• Hobby
• Limp

Possible antonyms: (opposite words of FALTER)

• Decide
• determine
• resolve
• assent

Related words: (words related to FALTER)

• STILLY
  Still; quiet; calm. The stilly hour when storms are gone. Moore.
• HOBBYHORSICAL
  Pertaining to, or having, a hobby or whim; eccentric; whimsical. Sterne.
• DEMURE
  good manners); de of + murs, mours, meurs, mors, F. m, fr. L. mores manners, morals ; or more prob. fr. OF. meür, F. mûr mature, ripe in a phrase preceded by de, as de 1. Of sober or serious mien; composed and decorous in bearing; of modest
• BOGGLE
  1. To stop or hesitate as if suddenly frightened, or in doubt, or impeded by unforeseen difficulties; to take alarm; to exhibit hesitancy and indecision. We start and boggle at every unusual appearance. Glanvill. Boggling at nothing which serveth
• HAMMER LOCK
  A hold in which an arm of one contestant is held twisted and bent behind his back by his opponent.
• FALTER
  To thrash in the chaff; also, to cleanse or sift, as barley. Halliwell.
• BLOTCH
  A large pustule, or a coarse eruption. Foul scurf and blotches him defile. Thomson. (more info) black, as bleach is akin to bleak. See Black, a., or cf. Blot a 1. A blot or spot, as of color or of ink; especially a large or irregular spot. Also
• ASSENTATORY
  Flattering; obsequious. -- As*sent"a*to*ri*ly, adv.
• STILLBIRTH
  The birth of a dead fetus.
• ASSENTER
  One who assents.
• WAVERER
  One who wavers; one who is unsettled in doctrine, faith, opinion, or the like. Shak.
• HAMMERER
  One who works with a hammer.
• SCRUPLE
  twenty-fourth part of an ounce, a scruple, uneasiness, doubt, dim. of scrupus a rough or sharp stone, anxiety, uneasiness; perh. akin to 1. A weight of twenty grains; the third part of a dram. 2. Hence, a very small quantity; a particle. I will
• BOTCH
  1. A swelling on the skin; a large ulcerous affection; a boil; an eruptive disease. Botches and blains must all his flesh emboss. Milton. 2. A patch put on, or a part of a garment patched or mended in a clumsy manner. 3. Work done in a bungling
• BLUNDERHEAD
  A stupid, blundering fellow.
• STAMMERING
  Apt to stammer; hesitating in speech; stuttering. -- Stam"mer*ing*ly, adv.
• DOUBTFULLY
  In a doubtful manner. Nor did the goddess doubtfully declare. Dryden.
• GLIMMERING
  1. Faint, unsteady light; a glimmer. South. 2. A faint view or idea; a glimpse; an inkling.
• BOGGLER
  One who boggles.
• DECIDER
  One who decides.
• INSTILL
  To drop in; to pour in drop by drop; hence, to impart gradually; to infuse slowly; to cause to be imbibed. That starlight dews All silently their tears of love instill. Byron. How hast thou instilled Thy malice into thousands. Milton. Syn. -- To
• BYSTANDER
  One who stands near; a spectator; one who has no concern with the business transacting. He addressed the bystanders and scattered pamphlets among them. Palfrey. Syn. -- Looker on; spectator; beholder; observer.
• PISTILLIFEROUS
  Pistillate.
• REDOUBTABLE
  Formidable; dread; terrible to foes; as, a redoubtable hero;
• DISTILLABLE
  Capable of being distilled; especially, capable of being distilled without chemical change or decomposition; as, alcohol is distillable; olive oil is not distillable.
• DISTILLATION
  The separation of the volatile parts of a substance from the more fixed; specifically, the operation of driving off gas or vapor from volatile liquids or solids, by heat in a retort or still, and the condensation of the products as far as possible
• AGAINSTAND
  To withstand.
• FINESTILLER
  One who finestills.
• AFLICKER
  In a flickering state.