Word Meanings - FETICIDE - Book Publishers vocabulary database

The act of killing the fetus in the womb; the offense of procuring an abortion.

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• KILLING
  Literally, that kills; having power to kill; fatal; in a colloquial sense, conquering; captivating; irresistible. -- Kill"ing*ly, adv. Those eyes are made so killing. Pope. Nothing could be more killingly spoken. Milton.
• PROCURATORSHIP
  The office or term of a procurator. Bp. Pearson.
• OFFENSELESS
  Unoffending; inoffensive.
• PROCURATORY
  Tending to, or authorizing, procuration.
• ABORTION
  Arrest of development of any organ, so that it remains an imperfect formation or is absorbed. 4. Any fruit or produce that does not come to maturity, or anything which in its progress, before it is matured or perfect; a complete failure; as, his
• PROCURACY
  1. The office or act of a proctor or procurator; management for another. 2. Authority to act for another; a proxy.
• KILLESSE
  A gutter, groove, or channel. A hipped roof. Parker.
• KILLIFISH
  Any one of several small American cyprinodont fishes of the genus Fundulus and allied genera. They live equally well in fresh and brackish water, or even in the sea. They are usually striped or barred with black. Called also minnow, and brook fish.
• KILLIGREW
  The Cornish chough. See under Chough.
• OFFENSEFUL
  Causing offense; displeasing; wrong; as, an offenseful act.
• ABORTIONAL
  Pertaining to abortion; miscarrying; abortive. Carlyle.
• PROCURATOR
  One who manages another's affairs, either generally or in a special matter; an agent; a proctor. Chaucer. Shak.
• KILL-JOY
  One who causes gloom or grief; a dispiriting person. W. Black.
• KILLOW
  An earth of a blackish or deep blue color. Woodward.
• KILLER
  A voracious, toothed whale of the genus Orca, of which several species are known. Note: The killers have a high dorsal fin, and powerful jaws armed with large, sharp teeth. They capture, and swallow entire, large numbers of seals, porpoises, and
• KILLOCK
  A small anchor; also, a kind of anchor formed by a stone inclosed by pieces of wood fastened together.
• PROCURE
  for + curare to take care, fr. cura care. See Cure, and cf. Proctor, 1. To bring into possession; to cause to accrue to, or to come into possession of; to acquire or provide for one's self or for another; to gain; to get; to obtain by any means,
• PROCUREMENT
  1. The act of procuring or obtaining; obtainment; attainment. 2. Efficient contrivance; management; agency. They think it done By her procurement. Dryden.
• KILL
  A kiln. Fuller.
• ABORTIONIST
  One who procures abortion or miscarriage.
• SKILLFUL
  1. Discerning; reasonable; judicious; cunning. "Of skillful judgment." Chaucer. 2. Possessed of, or displaying, skill; knowing and ready; expert; well-versed; able in management; as, a skillful mechanic; -- often followed by at, in, or of; as,
• LADY-KILLING
  The art or practice of captivating the hearts of women. Better for the sake of womankind that this dangerous dog should leave off lady-killing. Thackeray.
• MULE KILLER
  Any of several arthropods erroneously supposed to kill live stock, in the southern United States, by stinging or by being swallowed; as: A whip scorpion. A walking-stick insect. A mantis. A wheel bug.
• SKILLED
  Having familiar knowledge united with readiness and dexterity in its application; familiarly acquainted with; expert; skillful; -- often followed by in; as, a person skilled in drawing or geometry.
• SKILLIGALEE
  A kind of thin, weak broth or oatmeal porridge, served out to prisoners and paupers in England; also, a drink made of oatmeal, sugar, and water, sometimes used in the English navy or army.
• UNSKILLFUL
  1. Not skillful; inexperienced; awkward; bungling; as, an unskillful surgeon or mechanic; an unskillful logician. 2. Lacking discernment; injudicious; ignorant. Though it make the unskillful laugh, can not but make the judicious grieve. Shak. --