Word Meanings - METATHESIS - Book Publishers vocabulary database

Transposition, as of the letters or syllables of a word; as, pistris for pristis; meagre for meager. (more info) fr. metatithe`nai to place differently, to transpose; meta` beyond,

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• PLACEMENT
  1. The act of placing, or the state of being placed. 2. Position; place.
• PLACENTARY
  Having reference to the placenta; as, the placentary system of classification.
• PLACE-KICK
  To make a place kick; to make by a place kick. -- Place"-kick`er, n.
• TRANSPOSE
  To bring, as any term of an equation, from one side over to the other, without destroying the equation; thus, if a + b = c, and we make a = c - b, then b is said to be transposed. (more info) 1. To change the place or order of; to substitute one
• DIFFERENTLY
  In a different manner; variously.
• MEAGERNESS; MEAGRENESS
  The state or quality of being meager; leanness; scantiness; barrenness.
• BEYOND
  1. On the further side of; in the same direction as, and further on or away than. Beyond that flaming hill. G. Fletcher. 2. At a place or time not yet reached; before. A thing beyond us, even before our death. Pope. 3. Past, out of the reach or
• PLACER
  One who places or sets. Spenser.
• PLACE
  Position in the heavens, as of a heavenly body; -- usually defined by its right ascension and declination, or by its latitude and longitude. Place of arms , a place calculated for the rendezvous of men in arms, etc., as a fort which affords a safe
• TRANSPOSER
  One who transposes.
• PLACENTA
  The vascular appendage which connects the fetus with the parent, and is cast off in parturition with the afterbirth. Note: In most mammals the placenta is principally developed from the allantois and chorion, and tufts of vascular villi
• PLACEMAN
  One who holds or occupies a place; one who has office under government. Sir W. Scott.
• PLACENTIOUS
  Pleasing; amiable. "A placentious person." Fuller.
• PLACEBO
  The first antiphon of the vespers for the dead.
• PLACENTIFEROUS
  Having or producing a placenta.
• TRANSPOSITIONAL
  Of or pertaining to transposition; involving transposition. Pegge.
• PLACENTATION
  The mode of formation of the placenta in different animals; as, the placentation of mammals.
• PLACE-PROUD
  Proud of rank or office. Beau. & Fl.
• PLACEFUL
  In the appointed place.
• PLACENTAL
  Of or pertaining to the Placentalia. (more info) 1. Of or pertaining to the placenta; having, or characterized by having, a placenta; as, a placental mammal.
• REPLACEMENT
  The removal of an edge or an angle by one or more planes. (more info) 1. The act of replacing.
• INDIFFERENTLY
  In an indifferent manner; without distinction or preference; impartially; without concern, wish, affection, or aversion; tolerably; passably. That they may truly and indifferently minister justice, to the punishment of wickedness and vice, and to
• COMPLACENCE; COMPLACENCY
  1. Calm contentment; satisfaction; gratification. The inward complacence we find in acting reasonably and virtuously. Atterbury. Others proclaim the infirmities of a great man with satisfaction and complacency, if they discover none of the like
• APLACENTAL
  Belonging to the Aplacentata; without placenta.
• DISPLACER
  The funnel part of the apparatus for solution by displacement. (more info) 1. One that displaces.
• BY-PLACE
  A retired or private place.
• SELF-COMPLACENCY
  The quality of being self-complacent. J. Foster.
• MISPLACE
  To put in a wrong place; to set or place on an improper or unworthy object; as, he misplaced his confidence.
• EMPLACEMENT
  A putting in, or assigning to, a definite place; localization; as, the emplacement of a structure.