Word Meanings - HORSEBACK - Book Publishers vocabulary database
1. The back of a horse. 2. An extended ridge of sand, gravel, and bowlders, in a half- stratified condition. Agassiz. On horseback, on the back of a horse; mounted or riding on a horse or horses; in the saddle. The long journey was to be performed
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1. The back of a horse. 2. An extended ridge of sand, gravel, and bowlders, in a half- stratified condition. Agassiz. On horseback, on the back of a horse; mounted or riding on a horse or horses; in the saddle. The long journey was to be performed on horseback. Prescott.
Related words: (words related to HORSEBACK)
- MOUNTABLE
Such as can be mounted. - MOUNTING
1. The act of one that mounts. 2. That by which anything is prepared for use, or set off to advantage; equipment; embellishment; setting; as, the mounting of a sword or diamond. - RIDGELING
A half-castrated male animal. (more info) castrated, a sheep having only one testicle; cf. Prov. G. rigel, rig, - HORSE-LEECHERY
The business of a farrier; especially, the art of curing the diseases of horses. - JOURNEYWORK
Originally, work done by the day; work done by a journeyman at his trade. - MOUNTAINOUS
1. Full of, or containing, mountains; as, the mountainous country of the Swiss. 2. Inhabiting mountains. Bacon. 3. Large as, or resembling, a mountain; huge; of great bulk; as, a mountainous heap. Prior. - MOUNTAINOUSNESS
The state or quality of being mountainous. - RID
imp. & p. p. of Ride, v. i. He rid to the end of the village, where he alighted. Thackeray. - RIDDEN
p. p. of Ride. - HORSEMAN
A mounted soldier; a cavalryman. A land crab of the genus Ocypoda, living on the coast of Brazil and the West Indies, noted for running very swiftly. A West Indian fish of the genus Eques, as the light-horseman (E. lanceolatus). (more info) 1. - HORSEKNOP
Knapweed. - HORSERAKE
A rake drawn by a horse. - RIDICULER
One who ridicules. - GRAVEL
A deposit of small calculous concretions in the kidneys and the urinary or gall bladder; also, the disease of which they are a symptom. Gravel powder, a coarse gunpowder; pebble powder. (more info) strand; of Celtic origin; cf. Armor. - CONDITIONALITY
The quality of being conditional, or limited; limitation by certain terms. - HORSEFLESH
1. The flesh of horses. The Chinese eat horseflesh at this day. Bacon. 2. Horses, generally; the qualities of a horse; as, he is a judge of horseflesh. Horseflesh ore , a miner's name for bornite, in allusion to its peculiar reddish color on - HORSEPLAY
Rude, boisterous play. Too much given to horseplay in his raillery. Dryden. - EXTENDLESSNESS
Unlimited extension. An . . . extendlessness of excursions. Sir. M. Hale. - RIDDER
One who, or that which, rids. - RIDERLESS
Having no rider; as, a riderless horse. H. Kingsley. - CHLORIDIZE
See CHLORIDATE - PIPERIDINE
An oily liquid alkaloid, C5H11N, having a hot, peppery, ammoniacal odor. It is related to pyridine, and is obtained by the decomposition of piperine. - DEMOUNT
To dismount. - AUROCHLORIDE
The trichloride of gold combination with the chloride of another metal, forming a double chloride; -- called also chloraurate. - VIRIDITY
1. Greenness; verdure; the color of grass and foliage. 2. Freshness; soundness. Evelyn. - ANTHERIDIUM
The male reproductive apparatus in the lower, consisting of a cell or other cavity in which spermatozoids are produced; -- called also spermary. -- An`ther*id"i*al, a. - SIDESADDLE
A saddle for women, in which the rider sits with both feet on one side of the animal mounted. Sidesaddle flower , a plant with hollow leaves and curiously shaped flowers; -- called also huntsman's cup. See Sarracenia. - ARIDITY
1. The state or quality of being arid or without moisture; dryness. 2. Fig.: Want of interest of feeling; insensibility; dryness of style or feeling; spiritual drought. Norris. - OPHIURIDA
See OPHIURIOIDEA - PERIDROME
The space between the columns and the wall of the cella, in a Greek or a Roman temple. - CUBBRIDGE-HEAD
A bulkhead on the forecastle and half deck of a ship.