Word Meanings - FILLING - Book Publishers vocabulary database

Prepared wort added to ale to cleanse it. Back filling. See under Back, a. (more info) 1. That which is used to fill a cavity or any empty space, or to supply a deficiency; as, filling for a cavity in a tooth, a depression in a roadbed, the space

Additional info about word: FILLING

Prepared wort added to ale to cleanse it. Back filling. See under Back, a. (more info) 1. That which is used to fill a cavity or any empty space, or to supply a deficiency; as, filling for a cavity in a tooth, a depression in a roadbed, the space between exterior and interior walls of masonry, the pores of open-grained wood, the space between the outer and inner planks of a vessel, etc. 2. The woof in woven fabrics.

Possible synonyms: (Same meaning words of FILLING)

• Impletion
• Filling
• satisfaction
• supply

Related words: (words related to FILLING)

• SUPPLYMENT
  A supplying or furnishing; supply. Shak.
• FILLIPEEN
  See PHILOPENA
• FILLIBEG
  A kilt. See Filibeg.
• FILLETING
  The protecting of a joint, as between roof and parapet wall, with mortar, or cement, where flashing is employed in better work. 2. The material of which fillets are made; also, fillets, collectively.
• FILLER
  One who, or that which, fills; something used for filling. 'T is mere filer, to stop a vacancy in the hexameter. Dryden. They have six diggers to four fillers, so as to keep the fillers always at work. Mortimer.
• SUPPLY
  LL. suppletare, from L. supplere, suppletum; sub under + plere to 1. To fill up, or keep full; to furnish with what is wanted; to afford, or furnish with, a sufficiency; as, rivers are supplied by smaller streams; an aqueduct supplies an artificial
• FILLISTER
  1. The rabbet on the outer edge of a sash bar to hold the glass and the putty. Knight. 2. A plane for making a rabbet. Fillister screw had, a short cylindrical screw head, having a convex top.
• IMPLETION
  1. The act of filling, or the state of being full. Sir T. Browne. 2. That which fills up; filling. Coleridge.
• SUPPLYANT
  Supplying or aiding; auxiliary; suppletory. Shak.
• FILL
  One of the thills or shafts of a carriage. Mortimer. Fill horse, a thill horse. Shak.
• FILLING
  Prepared wort added to ale to cleanse it. Back filling. See under Back, a. (more info) 1. That which is used to fill a cavity or any empty space, or to supply a deficiency; as, filling for a cavity in a tooth, a depression in a roadbed, the space
• SATISFACTION
  1. The act of satisfying, or the state of being satisfied; gratification of desire; contentment in possession and enjoyment; repose of mind resulting from compliance with its desires or demands. The mind having a power to suspend the execution
• FILLET
  A piece of lean meat without bone; sometimes, a long strip rolled together and tied. Note: A fillet of beef is the under side of the sirlom; also called tenderloin. A fillet of veal or mutton is the fleshy part of the thigh. A fillet of fish is
• FILLIP
  Etym: 1. To strike with the nail of the finger, first placed against the ball of the thumb, and forced from that position with a sudden spring; to snap with the finger. "You filip me o' the head." Shak. 2. To snap; to project quickly. The use of
• FILLED CHEESE
  An inferior kind of cheese made from skim milk with a fatty "filling," such as oleomargarine or lard, to replace the fat removed in the cream.
• FILLIBUSTER
  See FILIBUSTER
• FILLY
  A female foal or colt; a young mare. Cf. Colt, Foal. Neighing in likeness of a filly foal. Shak. 2. A lively, spirited young girl. Addison.
• UNSATISFACTION
  Dissatisfaction. Bp. Hall.
• RESUPPLY
  To supply again.
• UPFILL
  To fill up.
• INSATISFACTION
  1. Insufficiency; emptiness. Bacon. 2. Dissatisfaction. Sir T. Browne.
• UNDERFILLING
  The filling below or beneath; the under part of a building. Sir H. Wotton.
• FULFILLER
  One who fulfills. South.
• FULFILLMENT
  1. The act of fulfilling; accomplishment; completion; as, the fulfillment of prophecy. 2. Execution; performance; as, the fulfillment of a promise.