Word Meanings - IRONWORT - Book Publishers vocabulary database

An herb of the Mint family , supposed to heal sword cuts; also, a species of Galeopsis.

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• SWORDLESS
  Destitute of a sword.
• SWORDSMANSHIP
  The state of being a swordsman; skill in the use of the sword. Cowper.
• SWORD-SHAPED
  Shaped like a sword; ensiform, as the long, flat leaves of the Iris, cattail, and the like.
• FAMILY
  A groupe of organisms, either animal or vegetable, related by certain points of resemblance in structure or development, more comprehensive than a genus, because it is usually based on fewer or less pronounced points of likeness. In zoölogy
• SPECIES
  A group of individuals agreeing in common attributes, and designated by a common name; a conception subordinated to another conception, called a genus, or generic conception, from which it differs in containing or comprehending more attributes,
• SWORDING
  Slashing with a sword. Tennyson.
• SWORDED
  Girded with a sword. Milton.
• SWORDSMAN
  1. A soldier; a fighting man. 2. One skilled of a use of the sword; a professor of the science of fencing; a fencer.
• SUPPOSURE
  Supposition; hypothesis; conjecture. Hudibras.
• SWORDFISH
  A southern constellation. See Dorado, 1. Swordfish sucker , a remora which attaches itself to the swordfish. (more info) A very large oceanic fish , the only representative of the family Xiphiidæ. It is highly valued as a food fish. The bones
• SUPPOSABLE
  Capable of being supposed, or imagined to exist; as, that is not a supposable case. -- Sup*pos"a*ble*ness, n. -- Sup*pos"a*bly, adv.
• SUPPOSITIVE
  A word denoting or implying supposition, as the words if, granting, provided, etc. Harris.
• SUPPOSITITIOUS
  1. Fraudulently substituted for something else; not being what is purports to be; not genuine; spurious; counterfeit; as, a supposititious child; a supposititious writing. Bacon. 2. Suppositional; hypothetical. Woodward. -- Sup*pos`i*ti"tious*ly,
• SWORD
  One of the end bars by which the lay of a hand loom is suspended. Sword arm, the right arm. -- Sword bayonet, a bayonet shaped somewhat like a sword, and which can be used as a sword. -- Sword bearer, one who carries his master's sword; an officer
• SUPPOSAL
  The act of supposing; also, that which is supposed; supposition; opinion. Shak. Interest, with a Jew, never proceeds but upon supposal, at least, of a firm and sufficient bottom. South.
• SUPPOSEER
  One who supposes.
• SWORDMAN
  A swordsman. "Sinewy swordmen." Shak.
• SWORDPLAY
  Fencing; a sword fight.
• SWORDER
  One who uses, or fights with, a sword; a swordsman; a soldier; a cutthroat. Shak.
• SUPPOSITOR
  An apparatus for the introduction of suppositories into the rectum.
• BROADSWORD
  A sword with a broad blade and a cutting edge; a claymore. I heard the broadsword's deadly clang. Sir W. Scott.
• PRESUPPOSITION
  1. The act of presupposing; an antecedent implication; presumption. 2. That which is presupposed; a previous supposition or surmise.
• BACKSWORD
  1. A sword with one sharp edge. 2. In England, a stick with a basket handle, used in rustic amusements; also, the game in which the stick is used. Also called singlestick. Halliwell.
• PASSWORD
  A word to be given before a person is allowed to pass; a watchword; a countersign. Macaulay.
• HALF-SWORD
  Half the length of a sword; close fight. "At half-sword." Shak.
• SUBFAMILY
  One of the subdivisions, of more importance than genus, into which certain families are divided.
• SUBSPECIES
  A group somewhat lessdistinct than speciesusually are, but based on characters more important than those which characterize ordinary varieties; often, a geographical variety or race.