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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.

 

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