Word Meanings - LASSO - Book Publishers vocabulary database
A rope or long thong of leather with, a running noose, used for catching horses, cattle, etc. Lasso cell , one of a peculiar kind of defensive and offensive stinging cells, found in great numbers in all coelenterates, and in a few animals of other
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A rope or long thong of leather with, a running noose, used for catching horses, cattle, etc. Lasso cell , one of a peculiar kind of defensive and offensive stinging cells, found in great numbers in all coelenterates, and in a few animals of other groups. They are most highly developed in the tentacles of jellyfishes, hydroids, and Actiniæ. Each of these cells is filled with, fluid, and contains a long, slender, often barbed, hollow thread coiled up within it. When the cell contracts the thread is quickly ejected, being at the same time turned inside out. The thread is able to penetrate the flesh of various small, soft-bodied animals, and carries a subtle poison by which they are speedily paralyzed and killed. The threads, at the same time, hold the prey in position, attached to the tentacles. Some of the jellyfishes, as the Portuguese man-of-war, and Cyanea, are able to penetrate the human skin, and inflict painful stings in the same way. Called also nettling cell, cnida, cnidocell.
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To make peculiar; to set appart or assign, as an exclusive possession. Dr. John Smith. - STINGBULL
The European greater weever fish , which is capable of inflicting severe wounds with the spinous rays of its dorsal fin. See Weever. - STING RAY; STINGRAY
Any one of numerous rays of the family Dasyatidæ, syn. Trygonidæ, having one or more large sharp barbed dorsal spines, on the whiplike tail, capable of inflicting severe wounds. Some species reach a large size, and some, esp., on the American - FOUNDATION
The lowest and supporting part or member of a wall, including the base course , under Base, n.) and footing courses; in a frame house, the whole substructure of masonry. 4. A donation or legacy appropriated to support a charitable institution, - FOUNDER
One who founds, establishes, and erects; one who lays a foundation; an author; one from whom anything originates; one who endows. - OTHERGUISE; OTHERGUESS
Of another kind or sort; in another way. "Otherguess arguments." Berkeley. - GREAT-HEARTED
1. High-spirited; fearless. Clarendon. 2. Generous; magnanimous; noble. - GREAT-GRANDFATHER
The father of one's grandfather or grandmother. - CATCHWORK
A work or artificial watercourse for throwing water on lands that lie on the slopes of hills; a catchdrain. - OFFENSIVE
1. Giving offense; causing displeasure or resentment; displeasing; annoying; as, offensive words. 2. Giving pain or unpleasant sensations; disagreeable; revolting; noxious; as, an offensive smell; offensive sounds. "Offensive to the stomach." - CATCHER
The player who stands behind the batsman to catch the ball. (more info) 1. One who, or that which, catches. - LEATHERWOOD
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The quality or state of being peculiar; peculiarity. Mede. - FOUNDATIONER
One who derives support from the funds or foundation of a college or school. - GREAT-GRANDSON
A son of one's grandson or granddaughter. - FOUND
imp. & p. p. of Find. - CATCHWORD
The first word of any page of a book after the first, inserted at the right hand bottom corner of the preceding page for the assistance of the reader. It is seldom used in modern printing. 3. A word or phrase caught up and repeated for effect; as, - GREAT-HEARTEDNESS
The quality of being greathearted; high-mindedness; magnanimity. - DEFENSIVELY
On the defensive. - FOUNDEROUS
Difficult to travel; likely to trip one up; as, a founderous road. Burke. - RIGHT-RUNNING
Straight; direct. - NOTOTHERIUM
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Causing waste; also, undergoing waste; diminishing; as, a wasting disease; a wasting fortune. Wasting palsy , progressive muscular atrophy. See under Progressive. - SCATCH
A kind of bit for the bridle of a horse; -- called also scatchmouth. Bailey. - DISINTERESTING
Uninteresting. "Disinteresting passages." Bp. Warburton. - INDISTINGUISHABLE
Not distinguishable; not capable of being perceived, known, or discriminated as separate and distinct; hence, not capable of being perceived or known; as, in the distance the flagship was indisguishable; the two copies were indisguishable in form - CONFOUNDED
1. Confused; perplexed. A cloudy and confounded philosopher. Cudworth. 2. Excessive; extreme; abominable. He was a most confounded tory. Swift. The tongue of that confounded woman. Sir. W. Scott. - PERSISTING
Inclined to persist; tenacious of purpose; persistent. -- Per*sist"ing*ly, adv. - ISOGEOTHERMAL; ISOGEOTHERMIC
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In an everlasting manner. - INGREAT
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Etym: 1. To destroy the life of by suffocation; to deprive of the air necessary for life; to cover up closely so as to prevent breathing; to suffocate; as, to smother a child. 2. To affect as by suffocation; to stife; to deprive of air by a thick - ISOTHEROMBROSE
A line connecting or marking points on the earth's surface, which have the same mean summer rainfall. - DIPHTHONGATION
See DIPHTHONGIZATION - ANOTHER-GUESS
Of another sort. It used to go in another-guess manner. Arbuthnot.