Word Meanings - GEOSTATIC - Book Publishers vocabulary database

Relating to the pressure exerted by earth or similar substance. Geostatic arch, an arch having a form adapted to sustain pressure similar to that exerted by earth. Rankine.

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• HAVENED
  Sheltered in a haven. Blissful havened both from joy and pain. Keats.
• SUSTAIN
  F. soutenir (the French prefix is properly fr. L. subtus below, fr. sub under), L. sustinere; pref. sus- + tenere to hold. See 1. To keep from falling; to bear; to uphold; to support; as, a foundation sustains the superstructure; a beast sustains
• EARTHLY-MINDED
  Having a mind devoted to earthly things; worldly-minded; -- opposed to spiritual-minded. -- Earth"ly-mind`ed*ness, n.
• RELATIONSHIP
  The state of being related by kindred, affinity, or other alliance. Mason.
• EARTH FLAX
  A variety of asbestus. See Amianthus.
• HAVENER
  A harbor master.
• EXERT
  out; ex out + serere to join or bind together. See Series, and cf. 1. To thrust forth; to emit; to push out. So from the seas exerts his radiant head The star by whom the lights of heaven are led. Dryden. 2. To put force, ability, or anything of
• SUBSTANCE
  To furnish or endow with substance; to supply property to; to make rich.
• EARTHDIN
  An earthquake.
• ADAPTABLE
  Capable of being adapted.
• SUSTAINABLE
  Capable of being sustained or maintained; as, the action is not sustainable.
• HAVELOCK
  A light cloth covering for the head and neck, used by soldiers as a protection from sunstroke.
• EARTHSTAR
  A curious fungus of the genus Geaster, in which the outer coating splits into the shape of a star, and the inner one forms a ball containing the dustlike spores.
• EARTHBRED
  Low; grovelling; vulgar.
• SIMILARY
  Similar. Rhyming cadences of similarly words. South.
• EARTHBANK
  A bank or mound of earth.
• HAVE
  haven, habben, AS. habben ; akin to OS. hebbian, D. hebben, OFries, hebba, OHG. hab, G. haben, Icel. hafa, Sw. hafva, Dan. have, Goth. haban, and prob. to L. habere, whence F. 1. To hold in possession or control; to own; as, he has a farm. 2.
• EARTHQUAVE
  An earthquake.
• RELATIVELY
  In a relative manner; in relation or respect to something else; not absolutely. Consider the absolute affections of any being as it is in itself, before you consider it relatively. I. Watts.
• HAVENAGE
  Harbor dues; port dues.
• PRELATIST
  One who supports of advocates prelacy, or the government of the church by prelates; hence, a high-churchman. Hume. I am an Episcopalian, but not a prelatist. T. Scott.
• PRELATISM
  Prelacy; episcopacy.
• PRELATIZE
  To bring under the influence of prelacy. Palfrey.
• MISRELATION
  Erroneous relation or narration. Abp. Bramhall.
• UNEARTHLY
  Not terrestrial; supernatural; preternatural; hence, weird; appalling; terrific; as, an unearthly sight or sound. -- Un*earth"li*ness, n.
• DISSIMILARLY
  In a dissimilar manner; in a varied style. With verdant shrubs dissimilarly gay. C. Smart.
• MISBEHAVE
  To behave ill; to conduct one's self improperly; -- often used with a reciprocal pronoun.
• IRRELATIVE
  Not relative; without mutual relations; unconnected. -- Ir*rel"a*tive*ly, adv. Irrelative chords , those having no common tone. -- Irrelative repetition , the multiplication of parts that serve for a common purpose, but have no mutual dependence