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Word Meanings - FLAMMEOUS - Book Publishers vocabulary database

Pertaining to, consisting of, or resembling, flame. Sir T. Browne.

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  • CONSISTENTLY
    In a consistent manner.
  • CONSIST
    1. To stand firm; to be in a fixed or permanent state, as a body composed of parts in union or connection; to hold together; to be; to exist; to subsist; to be supported and maintained. He is before all things, and by him all things consist. Col.
  • CONSISTORIAN
    Pertaining to a Presbyterian consistory; -- a contemptuous term of 17th century controversy. You fall next on the consistorian schismatics; for so you call Presbyterians. Milton.
  • CONSISTENCE; CONSISTENCY
    1. The condition of standing or adhering together, or being fixed in union, as the parts of a body; existence; firmness; coherence; solidity. Water, being divided, maketh many circles, till it restore itself to the natural consistence. Bacon. We
  • CONSISTORY
    The spiritual court of a diocesan bishop held before his chancellor or commissioner in his cathedral church or elsewhere. Hook. (more info) consistorium a place of assembly, the place where the emperor's council met, fr. consistere: cf.
  • FLAMELET
    A small flame. The flamelets gleamed and flickered. Longfellow.
  • RESEMBLINGLY
    So as to resemble; with resemblance or likeness.
  • PERTAIN
    stretch out, reach, pertain; per + tenere to hold, keep. See Per-, 1. To belong; to have connection with, or dependence on, something, as an appurtenance, attribute, etc.; to appertain; as, saltness pertains to the ocean; flowers pertain to plant
  • RESEMBLANT
    Having or exhibiting resemblance; resembling. Gower.
  • CONSISTENT
    1. Possessing firmness or fixedness; firm; hard; solid. The humoral and consistent parts of the body. Harvey. 2. Having agreement with itself or with something else; having harmony among its parts; possesing unity; accordant; harmonious; congruous;
  • FLAMEN
    A priest devoted to the service of a particular god, from whom he received a distinguishing epithet. The most honored were those of Jupiter, Mars, and Quirinus, called respectively Flamen Dialis, Flamen Martialis, and Flamen Quirinalis. Affrights
  • CONSISTORIAL
    Of or pertaining to a consistory. "Consistorial laws." Hooker. "Consistorial courts." Bp. Hoadley.
  • RESEMBLE
    sembler to seem, resemble, fr. L. similare, simulare, to imitate, fr. 1. To be like or similar to; to bear the similitude of, either in appearance or qualities; as, these brothers resemble each other. We will resemble you in that. Shak.
  • RESEMBLABLE
    Admitting of being compared; like. Gower.
  • FLAMELESS
    Destitute of flame. Sandys.
  • RESEMBLER
    One who resembles.
  • FLAME
    flamme, fr. L. flamma, fr. flamma, fr. flagrare to burn. See 1. A stream of burning vapor or gas, emitting light and heat; darting or streaming fire; a blaze; a fire. 2. Burning zeal or passion; elevated and noble enthusiasm; glowing imagination;
  • RESEMBLANCE
    1. The quality or state of resembling; likeness; similitude; similarity. One main end of poetry and painting is to please; they bear a great resemblance to each other. Dryden. 2. That which resembles, or is similar; a representation; a likeness.
  • FLAME-COLORED
    Of the color of flame; of a bright orange yellow color. Shak.
  • INFLAMER
    The person or thing that inflames. Addison.
  • DISINFLAME
    To divest of flame or ardor. Chapman.
  • INFLAMED
    Represented as burning, or as adorned with tongues of flame. (more info) 1. Set on fire; enkindled; heated; congested; provoked; exasperated.
  • INCONSISTENTLY
    In an inconsistent manner.
  • INCONSISTENCY
    1. The quality or state of being inconsistent; discordance in respect to sentiment or action; such contrariety between two things that both can not exist or be true together; disagreement; incompatibility. There is a perfect inconsistency between
  • INCONSISTENTNESS
    Inconsistency.
  • INCONSISTENCE
    Inconsistency.
  • SELF-CONSISTENT
    Consistent with one's self or with itself; not deviation from the ordinary standard by which the conduct is guided; logically consistent throughout; having each part consistent with the rest.
  • AFLAME
    Inflames; glowing with light or passion; ablaze. G. Eliot.

 

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