Word Meanings - HESITATORY - Book Publishers vocabulary database
Hesitating. R. North.
Related words: (words related to HESITATORY)
- NORTHERNMOST
Farthest north. - HESITATION
1. The act of hesitating; suspension of opinion or action; doubt; vacillation. 2. A faltering in speech; stammering. Swift. - NORTHERN
1. Of or pertaining to the north; being in the north, or nearer to that point than to the east or west. 2. In a direction toward the north; as, to steer a northern course; coming from the north; as, a northern wind. Northern diver. See Loon. -- - NORTHMAN
One of the inhabitants of the north of Europe; esp., one of the ancient Scandinavians; a Norseman. - NORTHMOST
Lying farthest north; northernmost. Northmost part of the coast of Mozambique. De Foe. - NORTHEAST
Of or pertaining to the northeast; proceeding toward the northeast, or coming from that point; as, a northeast course; a northeast wind. Northeast passage, a passage or communication by sea between the Atlantic and Pacific oceans along the north - HESITATINGLY
With hesitation or doubt. - NORTHWESTWARD; NORTHWESTWARDLY
Toward the northwest. - NORTH STAR STATE
Minnesota; -- a nickname. - NORTHWESTERN
Of, pertaining to, or being in, the northwest; in a direction toward the northwest; coming from the northwest; northwesterly; as, a northwestern course. - NORTHERLINESS
The quality or state of being northerly; direction toward the north. - NORTHEASTERN
Of or pertaining to the northeast; northeasterly. - HESITATE
haerere to hesitate, stick fast; to hang or hold fast. Cf. Aghast, 1. To stop or pause respecting decision or action; to be in suspense or uncertainty as to a determination; as, he hesitated whether to accept the offer or not; men often hesitate - HESITATORY
Hesitating. R. North. - NORTHUMBRIAN
Of or pertaining to Northumberland in England. -- n. - NORTHERNER
1. One born or living in the north. 2. A native or inhabitant of the Northern States; -- contradistinguished from Ant: Southerner. - NORTHEASTERLY
Pertaining to the northeast; toward the northeast, or coming from the northeast. - NORTHER
A wind from the north; esp., a strong and cold north wind in Texas and the vicinity of the Gulf of Mexico. - NORTHEASTER
A storm, strong wind, or gale, coming from the northeast. - NORTHWARD
Toward the north; nearer to the north than to the east or west point. - ANORTHIC
Having unequal oblique axes; as, anorthic crystals. - EPANORTHOSIS
A figure by which a speaker recalls a word or words, in order to substitute something else stronger or more significant; as, Most brave! Brave, did I say most heroic act! - ANORTHOSCOPE
An optical toy for producing amusing figures or pictures by means of two revolving disks, on one of which distorted figures are painted. - ANORTHOCLASE
A feldspar closely related to orthoclase, but triclinic. It is chiefly a silicate of sodium, potassium, and aluminium. Sp. gr., 2.57