Word Meanings - FUNNEL - Book Publishers vocabulary database

fundibulum, infundibulum, funnel, fr. infundere to pour in; in in + fundere to pour; cf. Armor. founil funnel, W. ffynel air hole, 1. A vessel of the shape of an inverted hollow cone, terminating below in a pipe, and used for conveying liquids

Additional info about word: FUNNEL

fundibulum, infundibulum, funnel, fr. infundere to pour in; in in + fundere to pour; cf. Armor. founil funnel, W. ffynel air hole, 1. A vessel of the shape of an inverted hollow cone, terminating below in a pipe, and used for conveying liquids into a close vessel; a tunnel. 2. A passage or avenue for a fluid or flowing substance; specifically, a smoke flue or pipe; the iron chimney of a steamship or the like. Funnel box , an apparatus for collecting finely crushed ore from water. Knight. -- Funnel stay , one of the ropes or rods steadying a steamer's funnel.

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• HOLLOW-HEARTED
  Insincere; deceitful; not sound and true; having a cavity or decayed spot within. Syn. -- Faithless; dishonest; false; treacherous.
• INVERTASE
  An enzyme capable of effecting the inversion of cane suger, producing invert sugar. It is found in many plants and in the intestines of animals. By extension, any enzyme which splits cane sugar, milk sugar, lactose, etc., into monosaccharides.
• 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
• INVERTEBRATE
  Destitute of a backbone; having no vertebræ; of or pertaining to the Invertebrata. -- n.
• INVERTEBRATA
  A comprehensive division of the animal kingdom, including all except the Vertebrata.
• INVERTIN
  An unorganized ferment which causes cane sugar to take up a molecule of water and be converted into invert sugar.
• ARMORY
  fr. L. armarium place for keeping arms; but confused with F. 1. A place where arms and instruments of war are deposited for safe keeping. 2. Armor: defensive and offensive arms. Celestial armory, shields, helms, and spears. Milton. 3. A manufactory
• INVERTEDLY
  In an inverted order. Derham.
• ARMORED
  Clad with armor.
• INVERTEBRATED
  Having no backbone; invertebrate.
• ARMORED CRUISER
  A man-of-war carrying a large coal supply, and more or less protected from the enemy's shot by iron or steel armor. There is no distinct and accepted classification distinguishing armored and protected cruisers from each other, except that the first
• CONVEYER
  1. One who, or that which, conveys or carries, transmits or transfers. 2. One given to artifices or secret practices; a juggler; a cheat; a thief. Shak.
• TERMINATOR
  The dividing line between the illuminated and the unilluminated part of the moon. (more info) 1. One who, or that which, terminates.
• TERMINATIONAL
  Of or pertaining to termination; forming a termination.
• HOLLOWLY
  Insincerely; deceitfully. Shak.
• TERMINATE
  1. To set a term or limit to; to form the extreme point or side of; to bound; to limit; as, to terminate a surface by a line. 2. To put an end to; to make to cease; as, to terminate an effort, or a controversy. 3. Hence, to put the finishing touch
• TERMINATION
  The ending of a word; a final syllable or letter; the part added to a stem in inflection. (more info) 1. The act of terminating, or of limiting or setting bounds; the act of ending or concluding; as, a voluntary termination of hostilities. 2. That
• SHAPER
  1. One who shapes; as, the shaper of one's fortunes. The secret of those old shapers died with them. Lowell. 2. That which shapes; a machine for giving a particular form or outline to an object. Specifically; A kind of planer in which the tool,
• VESSELFUL
  As much as a vessel will hold; enough to fill a vessel.
• CONVEYANCER
  One whose business is to draw up conveyances of property, as deeds, mortgages, leases, etc. Burrill.
• 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.
• DIAMOND-SHAPED
  Shaped like a diamond or rhombus.
• STRAP-SHAPED
  Shaped like a strap; ligulate; as, a strap-shaped corolla.
• INTERMINATED
  Interminable; interminate; endless; unending. Akenside.
• RECONVEY
  1. To convey back or to the former place; as, to reconvey goods. 2. To transfer back to a former owner; as, to reconvey an estate.
• AWL-SHAPED
  Subulate. See Subulate. Gray. (more info) 1. Shaped like an awl.
• SWORD-SHAPED
  Shaped like a sword; ensiform, as the long, flat leaves of the Iris, cattail, and the like.
• DISTERMINATE
  Separated by bounds. Bp. Hall.
• FIDDLE-SHAPED
  Inversely ovate, with a deep hollow on each side. Gray.
• SELF-DETERMINATION
  Determination by one's self; or, determination of one's acts or states without the necessitating force of motives; -- applied to the voluntary or activity.