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Word Meanings - MORTIFEROUS - Book Publishers vocabulary database

Bringing or producing death; deadly; destructive; as, a mortiferous herb. Gov. of Tongue.

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  • INFECTIOUSLY
    In an infectious manner. Shak.
  • MEPHITIC; MEPHITICAL
    1. Tending to destroy life; poisonous; noxious; as, mephitic exhalations; mephitic regions. 2. Offensive to the smell; as, mephitic odors. Mephitic air , carbon dioxide; -- so called because of its deadly suffocating power. See Carbonic acid,
  • CATCHWORK
    A work or artificial watercourse for throwing water on lands that lie on the slopes of hills; a catchdrain.
  • CATCHER
    The player who stands behind the batsman to catch the ball. (more info) 1. One who, or that which, catches.
  • 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,
  • VIRULENT
    1. Extremely poisonous or venomous; very active in doing injury. A contagious disorder rendered more virulent by uncleanness. Sir W. Scott. 2. Very bitter in enmity; actuated by a desire to injure; malignant; as, a virulent invective.
  • CATCH TITLE
    A short expressive title used for abbreviated book lists, etc.
  • LETHAL
    One of the higher alcohols of the paraffine series obtained from spermaceti as a white crystalline solid. It is so called because it occurs in the ethereal salt of lauric acid.
  • INFECTIOUS
    Contaminating with illegality; exposing to seizure and forfeiture. Contraband articles are said to be of an infectious nature. Kent. 4. Capable of being easily diffused or spread; sympathetic; readily communicated; as, infectious mirth. The laughter
  • CATCHPENNY
    Made or contrived for getting small sums of money from the ignorant or unwary; as, a catchpenny book; a catchpenny show. -- n.
  • CATCHDRAIN
    A dich or drain along the side of a hill to catch the surface water; also, a ditch at the side of a canal to catch the surplus water.
  • CATCHFLY
    A plant with the joints of the stem, and sometimes other parts, covered with a viscid secretion to which small insects adhere. The species of Silene are examples of the catchfly.
  • INFECTIOUS DISEASE
    Any disease caused by the entrance, growth, and multiplication of bacteria or protozoans in the body; a germ disease. It may not be contagious. Sometimes, as distinguished from contagious disease, such a disease communicated by germs carried in
  • CATCHPOLL
    A bailiff's assistant.
  • CATCHWATER
    A ditch or drain for catching water. See Catchdrain.
  • PESTILENTIALLY
    Pestilently.
  • CATCHWEED
    See CLEAVERS
  • CONTAGIOUSLY
    In a contagious manner.
  • MORBIFIC; MORBIFICAL
    Causing disease; generating a sickly state; as, a morbific matter.
  • VIRULENTED
    Made virulent; poisoned.
  • SCATCH
    A kind of bit for the bridle of a horse; -- called also scatchmouth. Bailey.
  • BEAUCATCHER
    A small flat curl worn on the temple by women.
  • CONY-CATCH
    To deceive; to cheat; to trick. Take heed, Signor Baptista, lest you be cony-catched in the this business. Shak.
  • WORD-CATCHER
    One who cavils at words.
  • TORPEDO CATCHER
    A small fast vessel for pursuing and destroying torpedo boats.
  • BIRDCATCHER
    One whose employment it is to catch birds; a fowler.
  • SCATCHES
    Stilts.
  • COWCATCHER
    A strong inclined frame, usually of wrought-iron bars, in front of a locomotive engine, for catching or throwing off obstructions on a railway, as cattle; the pilot.
  • FLYCATCHER
    One of numerous species of birds that feed upon insects, which they take on the wing. Note: The true flycatchers of the Old World are Oscines, and belong to the family Muscicapidæ, as the spotted flycatcher (Muscicapa grisola). The American
  • CONY-CATCHER
    A cheat; a sharper; a deceiver. Minsheu.

 

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