Word Meanings - LAYER - Book Publishers vocabulary database

That which is laid; a stratum; a bed; one thickness, course, or fold laid over another; as, a layer of clay or of sand in the earth; a layer of bricks, or of plaster; the layers of an onion. 3. A shoot or twig of a plant, not detached

Additional info about word: LAYER

That which is laid; a stratum; a bed; one thickness, course, or fold laid over another; as, a layer of clay or of sand in the earth; a layer of bricks, or of plaster; the layers of an onion. 3. A shoot or twig of a plant, not detached from the stock, laid under ground for growth or propagation. 4. An artificial oyster bed. (more info) 1. One who, or that which, lays. 2. Etym:

Possible synonyms: (Same meaning words of LAYER)

• Scale
• Layer
• lamina
• flake

Related words: (words related to LAYER)

• LAMINARITE
  A broad-leafed fossil alga.
• LAMINABLE
  Capable of being split into laminæ or thin plates, as mica; capable of being extended under pressure into a thin plate or strip. When a body can be readily extended in all directions under the hammer, it is said to be malleable; and when
• LAMINARY
  Laminar.
• LAYERING
  A propagating by layers. Gardner.
• SCALEBOARD
  A thin slip of wood used to justify a page. Crabb. 2. A thin veneer of leaf of wood used for covering the surface of articles of firniture, and the like. Scaleboard plane, a plane for cutting from a board a wide shaving forming a scaleboard.
• FLAKE
  A small stage hung over a vessel's side, for workmen to stand on in calking, etc. (more info) 1. A paling; a hurdle. 2. A platform of hurdles, or small sticks made fast or interwoven, supported by stanchions, for drying codfish and other things.
• SCALEBEAM
  1. The lever or beam of a balance; the lever of a platform scale, to which the poise for weighing is applied. 2. A weighing apparatus with a sliding weight, resembling a steelyard.
• SCALENOHEDRON
  A pyramidal form under the rhombohedral system, inclosed by twelve faces, each a scalene triangle.
• LAMINABILITY
  The quality or state of being laminable.
• SCALER
  One who, or that which, scales; specifically, a dentist's instrument for removing tartar from the teeth.
• LAMINATING
  Forming, or separating into, scales or thin layers.
• SCALED
  Having feathers which in form, color, or arrangement somewhat resemble scales; as, the scaled dove. Scaled dove , any American dove of the genus Scardafella. Its colored feather tips resemble scales. (more info) 1. Covered with scales,
• SCALELESS
  Destitute of scales.
• SCALENE
  Having the sides and angles unequal; -- said of a triangle. Having the axis inclined to the base, as a cone. Designating several triangular muscles called scalene muscles. Of or pertaining to the scalene muscles. Scalene muscles , a
• LAMINA
  The blade of a leaf; the broad, expanded portion of a petal or sepal of a flower. Gray. (more info) 1. A thin plate or scale; a laying over another; -- said of thin plates or platelike substances, as of bone or minerals.
• LAYER
  That which is laid; a stratum; a bed; one thickness, course, or fold laid over another; as, a layer of clay or of sand in the earth; a layer of bricks, or of plaster; the layers of an onion. 3. A shoot or twig of a plant, not detached
• SCALE
  The sign or constellation Libra. Platform scale. See under Platform. tip the scales, influence an action so as to change an outcome from one likely result to another. (more info) skal balance, dish, akin also to D. schaal a scale, bowl, shell,
• LAMINARIA
  A genus of great seaweeds with long and broad fronds; kelp, or devil's apron. The fronds commonly grow in clusters, and are sometimes from thirty to fifty feet in length. See Illust. of Kelp.
• LAMINATE
  Consisting of, or covered with, laminæ, or thin plates, scales, or layers, one over another; laminated.
• LAMINARIAN
  Pertaining to seaweeds of the genus Laminaria, or to that zone of the sea where the seaweeds of this genus grow.
• GUNTER'S SCALE
  A scale invented by the Rev. Edmund Gunter , a professor of astronomy at Gresham College, London, who invented also Gunter's chain, and Gunter's quadrant. Note: Gunter's scale is a wooden rule, two feet long, on one side of which are marked scales
• WAYLAYER
  One who waylays another.
• TRACKLAYER
  Any workman engaged in work involved in putting the track in place. -- Track"lay`ing, n.
• INTERLAMINATION
  The state of being interlaminated.
• DELAMINATION
  Formation and separation of laminæ or layers; one of the methods by which the various blastodermic layers of the ovum are differentiated. Note: This process consists of a concentric splitting of the cells of the blastosphere into an outer layer
• DISPLAYER
  One who, or that which, displays.
• SAN JOSE SCALE
  A very destructive scale insect that infests the apple, pear, and other fruit trees. So called because first introduced into the United States at San José, California.
• ENSCALE
  To cover with scales.
• BECK'S SCALE
  A hydrometer scale on which the zero point corresponds to sp. gr. 1.00, and the 30º-point to sp. gr. 0.85. From these points the scale is extended both ways, all the degrees being of equal length.
• INTERLAMINATED
  Placed between, or containing, laminæ or plates.
• INTERLAMELLAR; INTERLAMINAR
  Between lammellæ or laminæ; as, interlamellar spaces.
• INTRANSCALENT
  Impervious to heat; adiathermic.