Word Meanings - FUNGIFORM - Book Publishers vocabulary database
Shaped like a fungus or mushroom. Fungiform papillæ , numerous small, rounded eminences on the upper surface of the tongue.
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- ROUNDWORM
A nematoid worm. - PAPILLARY
Of, pertaining to, or resembling, a papilla or papillæ; bearing, or covered with, papillæ; papillose. - ROUNDISH
Somewhat round; as, a roundish seed; a roundish figure. -- Round"ish*ness, n. - SHAPE
is from the strong verb, AS. scieppan, scyppan, sceppan, p. p. 1. To form or create; especially, to mold or make into a particular form; to give proper form or figure to. I was shapen in iniquity. Ps. li. 5. Grace shaped her limbs, and - SURFACE LOADING
The weight supported per square unit of surface; the quotient obtained by dividing the gross weight, in pounds, of a fully loaded flying machine, by the total area, in square feet, of its supporting surface. - PAPILLIFORM
Shaped like a papilla; mammilliform. - ROUNDABOUTNESS
The quality of being roundabout; circuitousness. - TONGUELET
A little tongue. - UPPERMOST
Highest in place, position, rank, power, or the like; upmost; supreme. Whatever faction happens to be uppermost. Swift. - ROUNDFISH
Any ordinary market fish, exclusive of flounders, sole, halibut, and other flatfishes. A lake whitefish , less compressed than the common species. It is very abundant in British America and Alaska. - ROUND-UP
The act of collecting or gathering together scattered cattle by riding around them and driving them in. - SMALLISH
Somewhat small. G. W. Cable. - TONGUE-SHELL
Any species of Lingula. - ROUNDSMAN
A patrolman; also, a policeman who acts as an inspector over the rounds of the patrolmen. - MUSHROOM-HEADED
Having a cylindrical body with a convex head of larger diameter; having a head like that of a mushroom. - UPPERTENDOM
The highest class in society; the upper ten. See Upper ten, under Upper. - ROUNDHEADED
Having a round head or top. - PAPILLOUS
Papillary; papillose. - TONGUESTER
One who uses his tongue; a talker; a story-teller; a gossip. Step by step we rose to greatness; through the tonguesters we may fall. Tennyson. - ROUNDHEAD
A nickname for a Puritan. See Roundheads, the, in the Dictionary of Noted Names in Fiction. Toone. - MISGROUND
To found erroneously. "Misgrounded conceit." Bp. Hall. - SERPENT-TONGUED
Having a forked tongue, like a serpent. - MISHAPPEN
To happen ill or unluckily. Spenser. - SPINDLE-SHAPED
Thickest in the middle, and tapering to both ends; fusiform; -- applied chiefly to roots. (more info) 1. Having the shape of a spindle. - INNUMEROUS
Innumerable. Milton. - GROUNDWORK
That which forms the foundation or support of anything; the basis; the essential or fundamental part; first principle. Dryden. - UNDERGROUND INSURANCE
Wildcat insurance. - DIAMOND-SHAPED
Shaped like a diamond or rhombus. - STRAP-SHAPED
Shaped like a strap; ligulate; as, a strap-shaped corolla. - PLAYGROUND
A piece of ground used for recreation; as, the playground of a school. - GROUNDEN
p. p. of Grind. Chaucer. - DISMALLY
In a dismal manner; gloomily; sorrowfully; uncomfortably. - HONEY-TONGUED
Sweet speaking; persuasive; seductive. Shak.