Word Meanings - HERCULES - Book Publishers vocabulary database

A hero, fabled to have been the son of Jupiter and Alcmena, and celebrated for great strength, esp. for the accomplishment of his twelve great tasks or "labors."

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• TWELVEPENNY
  , Sold for a shilling; worth or costing a shilling.
• GREAT-HEARTED
  1. High-spirited; fearless. Clarendon. 2. Generous; magnanimous; noble.
• GREAT-GRANDFATHER
  The father of one's grandfather or grandmother.
• STRENGTHFUL
  Abounding in strength; full of strength; strong. -- Strength"ful*ness, n. Florence my friend, in court my faction Not meanly strengthful. Marston.
• TWELVEMO
  See DUODECIMO
• TWELVE
  One more that eleven; two and ten; twice six; a dozen. Twelve- men's morris. See the Note under Morris. -- Twelve Tables. See under Table. (more info) twelf, twelef, twilif, OS. twelif, D. twaalf, G. zwölf, OHG. zwelif, Icel. t, Sw. tolf, Dan.
• GREAT-GRANDSON
  A son of one's grandson or granddaughter.
• CELEBRATE
  1. To extol or honor in a solemn manner; as, to celebrate the name of the Most High. 2. To honor by solemn rites, by ceremonies of joy and respect, or by refraining from ordinary business; to observe duly; to keep; as, to celebrate a birthday.
• GREAT-HEARTEDNESS
  The quality of being greathearted; high-mindedness; magnanimity.
• STRENGTHENING
  That strengthens; giving or increasing strength. -- Strength"en*ing*ly, adv. Strengthening plaster , a plaster containing iron, and supposed to have tonic effects.
• CELEBRATION
  The act, process, or time of celebrating. His memory deserving a particular celebration. Clarendok. Celebration of Mass is equivalent to offering Mass Cath. Dict. To hasten the celebration of their marriage. Sir P. Sidney.
• GREAT-GRANDMOTHER
  The mother of one's grandfather or grandmother.
• FABLE
  1. A Feigned story or tale, intended to instruct or amuse; a fictitious narration intended to enforce some useful truth or precept; an apologue. See the Note under Apologue. Jotham's fable of the trees is the oldest extant. Addison 2. The plot,
• JUPITER
  The supreme deity, king of gods and men, and reputed to be the son of Saturn and Rhea; Jove. He corresponds to the Greek Zeus.
• LABORSOME
  Likely or inclined to roll or pitch, as a ship in a heavy sea; having a tendency to labor. (more info) 1. Made with, or requiring, great labor, pains, or diligence. Shak.
• GREATLY
  1. In a great degree; much. I will greatly multiply thy sorrow. Gen. iii. 16. 2. Nobly; illustriously; magnanimously. By a high fate thou greatly didst expire. Dryden.
• STRENGTHENER
  One who, or that which, gives or adds strength. Sir W. Temple.
• STRENGTH
  1. The quality or state of being strong; ability to do or to bear; capacity for exertion or endurance, whether physical, intellectual, or moral; force; vigor; power; as, strength of body or of the arm; strength of mind, of memory, or of judgment.
• GREAT-GRANDDAUGHTER
  A daughter of one's grandson or granddaughter.
• FABLER
  A writer of fables; a fabulist; a dealer in untruths or falsehoods. Br. Hall.
• INEFFABLENESS
  The quality or state of being ineffable or unutterable; unspeakableness.
• INGREAT
  To make great; to enlarge; to magnify. Fotherby.
• UNACCOMPLISHMENT
  The state of being unaccomplished. Milton.
• EFFABLE
  Capable of being uttered or explained; utterable. Barrow.
• AFFABLY
  In an affable manner; courteously.
• MISCHIEFABLE
  Mischievous. Lydgate.
• INEFFABLE
  Incapable of being expresses in words; unspeakable; unutterable; indescribable; as, the ineffable joys of heaven. Contentment with our lot . . . will diffuse ineffable contenBeattie.