Word Meanings - MOUNTED - Book Publishers vocabulary database
1. Seated or serving on horseback or similarly; as, mounted police; mounted infantry. 2. Placed on a suitable support, or fixed in a setting; as, a mounted gun; a mounted map; a mounted gem.
Related words: (words related to MOUNTED)
- MOUNTABLE
Such as can be mounted. - MOUNTING
1. The act of one that mounts. 2. That by which anything is prepared for use, or set off to advantage; equipment; embellishment; setting; as, the mounting of a sword or diamond. - SUPPORTABLE
Capable of being supported, maintained, or endured; endurable. -- Sup*port"a*ble*ness, n. -- Sup*port"a*bly, adv. - PLACODERMATA
See PLACODERMI - MOUNTAINOUS
1. Full of, or containing, mountains; as, the mountainous country of the Swiss. 2. Inhabiting mountains. Bacon. 3. Large as, or resembling, a mountain; huge; of great bulk; as, a mountainous heap. Prior. - MOUNTAINOUSNESS
The state or quality of being mountainous. - SERVING
a & n. from Serve. Serving board , a flat piece of wood used in serving ropes. -- Serving maid, a female servant; a maidservant. -- Serving mallet , a wooden instrument shaped like a mallet, used in serving ropes. -- Serving man, a male servant, - SUPPORTATION
Maintenance; support. Chaucer. Bacon. - PLACEMENT
1. The act of placing, or the state of being placed. 2. Position; place. - SERVO-MOTOR
A relay apparatus; specif.: An auxiliary motor, regulated by a hand lever, for quickly and easily moving the reversing gear of a large marine engine into any desired position indicated by that of the hand lever, which controls the valve - 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. - SERVILELY
In a servile manner; slavishly. - PLACID
Pleased; contented; unruffied; undisturbed; serene; peaceful; tranquil; quiet; gentle. "That placid aspect and meek regard." Milton. "Sleeping . . . the placid sleep of infancy." Macaulay. - SERVILENESS
Quality of being servile; servility. - SUPPORTFUL
Abounding with support. Chapman. - SERVABLE
Capable of being preserved. (more info) 1. Capable of being served. 2. Etym: - SETTLEMENT
A disposition of property for the benefit of some person or persons, usually through the medium of trustees, and for the benefit of a wife, children, or other relatives; jointure granted to a wife, or the act of granting it. 2. That which settles, - PLACIT
A decree or determination; a dictum. "The placits and opinions of other philosophers." Evelyn. - SETT
See 3 - DISSERVE
To fail to serve; to do injury or mischief to; to damage; to hurt; to harm. Have neither served nor disserved the interests of any party. Jer. Taylor. (more info) Etym: - RESERVE
1. To keep back; to retain; not to deliver, make over, or disclose. "I have reserved to myself nothing." Shak. 2. Hence, to keep in store for future or special use; to withhold from present use for another purpose or time; to keep; to retain. Gen. - UNPLACABLE
Implacable. - DEMOUNT
To dismount. - REFIX
To fix again or anew; to establish anew. Fuller. - DESERVEDNESS
Meritoriousness. - AFFIX
figere to fasten: cf. OE. affichen, F. afficher, ultimately fr. L. 1. To subjoin, annex, or add at the close or end; to append to; to fix to any part of; as, to affix a syllable to a word; to affix a seal to an instrument; to affix one's name to - DEFIX
To fix; to fasten; to establish. "To defix their princely seat . . . in that extreme province." Hakluyt. - CONSERVATIONAL
Tending to conserve; preservative. - INSURMOUNTABILITY
The state or quality of being insurmountable. - UPSETTING
Conceited; assuming; as, an upsetting fellow. Jamieson. - AFFIXION
Affixture. T. Adams.