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.
• REFIX
  To fix again or anew; to establish anew. Fuller.
• DEMOUNT
  To dismount.
• 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.