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Word Meanings - OLIGARCHY - Book Publishers vocabulary database

A form of government in which the supreme power is placed in the hands of a few persons; also, those who form the ruling few. All oligarchies, wherein a few men domineer, do what they list. Burton.

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  • PLACODERMATA
    See PLACODERMI
  • WHEREIN
    1. In which; in which place, thing, time, respect, or the like; -- used relatively. Her clothes wherein she was clad. Chaucer. There are times wherein a man ought to be cautious as well as innocent. Swift. 2. In what; -- used interrogatively. Yet
  • HANDSPRING
    A somersault made with the assistance of the hands placed upon the ground.
  • PLACEMENT
    1. The act of placing, or the state of being placed. 2. Position; place.
  • POWERFUL
    Large; capacious; -- said of veins of ore. Syn. -- Mighty; strong; potent; forcible; efficacious; energetic; intense. -- Pow"er*ful*ly, adv. -- Pow"er*ful*ness, n. (more info) 1. Full of power; capable of producing great effects of any
  • 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.
  • POWERABLE
    1. Capable of being effected or accomplished by the application of power; possible. J. Young. 2. Capable of exerting power; powerful. Camden.
  • PLACID
    Pleased; contented; unruffied; undisturbed; serene; peaceful; tranquil; quiet; gentle. "That placid aspect and meek regard." Milton. "Sleeping . . . the placid sleep of infancy." Macaulay.
  • SUPREME
    Situated at the highest part or point. The Supreme, the Almighty; God. (more info) above, upper, fr. super above: cf. F. suprême. See Super-, and cf. 1. Highest in authority; holding the highest place in authority, government, or power. He that
  • THOSE
    The plural of that. See That.
  • HANDSOMELY
    Carefully; in shipshape style. (more info) 1. In a handsome manner.
  • PLACIT
    A decree or determination; a dictum. "The placits and opinions of other philosophers." Evelyn.
  • PLACOPHORA
    A division of gastropod Mollusca, including the chitons. The back is covered by eight shelly plates. Called also Polyplacophora. See Illust. under Chiton, and Isopleura.
  • WHICHEVER; WHICHSOEVER
    Whether one or another; whether one or the other; which; that one which; as, whichever road you take, it will lead you to town.
  • PLACER
    One who places or sets. Spenser.
  • PLACIDNESS
    The quality or state of being placid.
  • DOMINEERING
    Ruling arrogantly; overbearing. A violent, brutal, domineering old reprobate. Blackw. Mag. Syn. -- Haughty; overbearing; lordly. See Imperious. -- Dom`i*neer"ing*ly, adv.
  • 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
  • WHEREINTO
    1. Into which; -- used relatively. Where is that palace whereinto foul things Sometimes intrude not Shak. The brook, whereinto he loved to look. Emerson. 2. Into what; -- used interrogatively.
  • UNPLACABLE
    Implacable.
  • OVERRULING
    Exerting controlling power; as, an overruling Providence. -- O`ver*rul"ing*ly, adv.
  • SPATHOSE
    See SPATHIC
  • FERULIC
    Pertaining to, or derived from, asafetida ; as, ferulic acid.
  • CHONDRULE
    A peculiar rounded granule of some mineral, usually enstatite or chrysolite, found imdedded more or less aboundantly in the mass of many meteoric stones, which are hence called chondrites.
  • CANDLE POWER
    Illuminating power, as of a lamp, or gas flame, reckoned in terms of the light of a standard candle.
  • PURULENCE; PURULENCY
    The quality or state of being purulent; the generation of pus; also, the pus itself. Arbuthnot.
  • TORULA
    A chain of special bacteria. A genus of budding fungi. Same as Saccharomyces. Also used adjectively.
  • REPLACEMENT
    The removal of an edge or an angle by one or more planes. (more info) 1. The act of replacing.
  • SERRULATION
    1. The state of being notched minutely, like a fine saw. Wright. 2. One of the teeth in a serrulate margin.

 

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