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Word Meanings - MASTER - Book Publishers vocabulary database

A vessel having masts; -- used only in compounds; as, a two-master.

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  • SPECTACLE
    An optical instrument consisting of two lenses set in a light frame, and worn to assist sight, to obviate some defect in the organs of vision, or to shield the eyes from bright light. 4. pl. (more info) 1. Something exhibited to view; usually,
  • SPERMATOCYTE
    See SPERMOBLAST
  • PROFESSORY
    Of or pertaining to a professor; professorial. Bacon.
  • EXPERT
    Taught by use, practice, or experience, experienced; having facility of operation or performance from practice; knowing and ready from much practice; clever; skillful; as, an expert surgeon; expert in chess or archery. A valiant and most expert
  • SPECIFICNESS
    The quality or state of being specific.
  • DISMISSIVE
    Giving dismission.
  • SPERMATIC
    Of or pertaining to semen; as, the spermatic fluid, the spermatic vessels, etc. Spermatic cord , the cord which suspends the testicle within the scrotum. It is made up of a connective tissue sheath inclosing the spermatic duct and accompanying
  • COMPASSIONATELY
    In a compassionate manner; mercifully. Clarendon.
  • SPERMATICAL
    Spermatic.
  • PROFESSORIALISM
    The character, manners, or habits of a professor.
  • SPECTROGRAPH
    An apparatus for photographing or mapping a spectrum. A photograph or picture of a spectrum. -- Spec`tro*graph"ic , a. --Spec`tro*graph"ic*al*ly , adv. --Spec*trog"ra*phy , n.
  • ARTISTE
    One peculiarly dexterous and tasteful in almost any employment, as an opera dancer, a hairdresser, a cook. Note: This term should not be confounded with the English word artist.
  • SPECK
    The blubber of whales or other marine mammals; also, the fat of the hippopotamus. Speck falls , falls or ropes rove through blocks for hoisting the blubber and bone of whales on board a whaling vessel.
  • RESTRAINABLE
    Capable of being restrained; controllable. Sir T. Browne.
  • SPECTATORSHIP
    1. The office or quality of a spectator. Addison. 2. The act of beholding. Shak.
  • SPECE
    Species; kind. Chaucer.
  • PROFESSORIAT
    See PROFESSORIATE
  • ATTAIN
    atteindre, fr. L. attingere; ad + tangere to touch, reach. See 1. To achieve or accomplish, that is, to reach by efforts; to gain; to compass; as, to attain rest. Is he wise who hopes to attain the end without the means Abp. Tillotson. 3. To get
  • DISMISSAL
    Dismission; discharge. Officeholders were commanded faithfully to enforce it, upon pain of immediate dismissal. Motley.
  • MISMANAGER
    One who manages ill.
  • OUTPREACH
    To surpass in preaching. And for a villain's quick conversion A pillory can outpreach a parson. Trumbull.
  • CREMASTERIC
    Of or pertaining to the cremaster; as, the cremasteric artery.
  • ANGIOMONOSPERMOUS
    Producing one seed only in a seed pod.
  • ASPER
    Rough; rugged; harsh; bitter; stern; fierce. "An asper sound." Bacon.
  • BAGGAGE MASTER
    One who has charge of the baggage at a railway station or upon a line of public travel.
  • CHARTIST
    A supporter or partisan of chartism.
  • MISPENSE
    See HALL
  • OOSPERM; OOESPERM
    The ovum, after fusion with the spermatozoön in impregnation. Balfour.
  • DISPENSE
    1. To deal out in portions; to distribute; to give; as, the steward dispenses provisions according directions; Nature dispenses her bounties; to dispense medicines. He is delighted to dispense a share of it to all the company. Sir W. Scott. 2.
  • INDISPENSABLENESS
    The state or quality of being indispensable, or absolutely necessary. S. Clarke.
  • SUSPENSORY
    Of or pertaining to a suspensorium. (more info) 1. Suspended; hanging; depending. 2. Fitted or serving to suspend; suspending; as, a suspensory muscle. Ray.

 

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