Word Meanings - KNEEL - Book Publishers vocabulary database

To bend the knee; to fall or rest on the knees; -- sometimes with down. And he kneeled down, and cried with a loud voice, Lord, lay not this sin to their charge. Acts vii. 60. As soon as you are dressed, kneel and say the Lord's Prayer. Jer. Taylor.

Related words: (words related to KNEEL)

• CRITICISER
  One who criticises; a critic.
• CRINICULTURAL
  Relating to the growth of hair.
• CRIBBER; CRIB-BITER
  A horse that has the habit of cribbing.
• CHARGEANT
  Burdensome; troublesome. Chaucer.
• CRINGLE
  An iron or pope thimble or grommet worked into or attached to the edges and corners of a sail; -- usually in the plural. The cringles are used for making fast the bowline bridles, earings, etc. (more info) 1. A withe for fastening a gate.
• CRIBELLUM
  A peculiar perforated organ of certain spiders , used for spinning a special kind of silk.
• CRISPER
  One who, or that which, crisps or curls; an instrument for making little curls in the nap of cloth, as in chinchilla.
• CRICKETER
  One who plays at cricket.
• CRIBRATE
  Cribriform.
• CRIBBING
  A framework of timbers and plank backing for a shaft lining, to prevent caving, percolation of water, etc. 4. A vicious habit of a horse; crib-biting. The horse lays hold of the crib or manger with his teeth and draws air into the stomach with a
• CRIMINATORY
  Relating to, or involving, crimination; accusing; as, a criminatory conscience.
• CRITICALLY
  1. In a critical manner; with nice discernment; accurately; exactly. Critically to discern good writers from bad. Dryden. 2. At a crisis; at a critical time; in a situation. place, or condition of decisive consequence; as, a fortification
• CRIMPY
  Having a crimped appearance; frizzly; as, the crimpy wool of the Saxony sheep.
• CRIMPER
  One who, or that which, crimps; as: A curved board or frame over which the upper of a boot or shoe is stretched to the required shape. A device for giving hair a wavy apperance. A machine for crimping or ruffling textile fabrics.
• CRITICASTER
  A contemptible or vicious critic. The rancorous and reptile crew of poeticules, who decompose into criticasters. Swinburne.
• CRIMPAGE
  The act or practice of crimping; money paid to a crimp for shipping or enlisting men.
• CRIPPLY
  Lame; disabled; in a crippled condition. Mrs. Trollope.
• SOMETIMES
  1. Formerly; sometime. That fair and warlike form In which the majesty of buried Denmark Did sometimes march. Shak. 2. At times; at intervals; now and then;occasionally. It is good that we sometimes be contradicted. Jer. Taylor. Sometimes . . .
• CRICK
  The creaking of a door, or a noise resembling it. Johnson.
• CRIER
  One who cries; one who makes proclamation. Specifically, an officer who proclams the orders or directions of a court, or who gives public notice by loud proclamation; as, a town-crier. He openeth his mouth like a crier. Ecclus. xx. 15.
• UNDRESS
  To take the dressing, or covering, from; as, to undress a wound. (more info) 1. To divest of clothes; to strip. 2. To divest of ornaments to disrobe.
• PALEOCRINOIDEA
  A suborder of Crinoidea found chiefly in the Paleozoic rocks.
• SACRILEGIOUS
  Violating sacred things; polluted with sacrilege; involving sacrilege; profane; impious. Above the reach of sacrilegious hands. pope. -- Sac`ri*le"gious*ly, adv. -- Sac`ri*le"gious*ness, n.
• ENCRINUS
  A genus of fossil encrinoidea, from the Mesozoic rocks.
• HYPERCRITICALLY
  In a hypercritical manner.
• DEMANDRESS
  A woman who demands.
• ONIROCRITIC
  See ONEIROCRITIC
• DISCRIMINOUS
  Hazardous; dangerous. Harvey.
• MISCHARGE
  To charge erroneously, as in account. -- n.
• SCRIBABLE
  Capable of being written, or of being written upon.
• LUCRIFIC
  Producing profit; gainful.
• OFFENDRESS
  A woman who offends. Shak.
• ENCHARGE
  To charge ; to impose upon. His countenance would express the spirit and the passion of the part he was encharged with. Jeffrey.
• ACRIDLY
  In an acid manner.
• INVOICE
  A written account of the particulars of merchandise shipped or sent to a purchaser, consignee, factor, etc., with the value or prices and charges annexed. Wharton. 2. The lot or set of goods as shipped or received; as, the merchant receives a large