Word Meanings - PALEARCTIC - Book Publishers vocabulary database
Belonging to a region of the earth's surface which includes all Europe to the Azores, Iceland, and all temperate Asia.
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- EARTHLY-MINDED
Having a mind devoted to earthly things; worldly-minded; -- opposed to spiritual-minded. -- Earth"ly-mind`ed*ness, n. - EARTH FLAX
A variety of asbestus. See Amianthus. - EARTHDIN
An earthquake. - SURFACE LOADING
The weight supported per square unit of surface; the quotient obtained by dividing the gross weight, in pounds, of a fully loaded flying machine, by the total area, in square feet, of its supporting surface. - ICELANDER
A native, or one of the Scandinavian people, of Iceland. - EARTHSTAR
A curious fungus of the genus Geaster, in which the outer coating splits into the shape of a star, and the inner one forms a ball containing the dustlike spores. - EARTHBRED
Low; grovelling; vulgar. - EARTHBANK
A bank or mound of earth. - 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. - EARTHQUAVE
An earthquake. - EARTHDRAKE
A mythical monster of the early Anglo-Saxon literature; a dragon. W. Spalding. - EARTHNUT
A name given to various roots, tubers, or pods grown under or on the ground; as to: The esculent tubers of the umbelliferous plants Bunium flexuosum and Carum Bulbocastanum. The peanut. See Peanut. - EARTHEN
Made of earth; made of burnt or baked clay, or other like substances; as, an earthen vessel or pipe. - EARTH SHINE
See EARTH - EARTHMAD
The earthworm. The earthmads and all the sorts of worms . . . are without eyes. Holland. - WHICH
the root of hwa who + lic body; hence properly, of what sort or kind; akin to OS. hwilik which, OFries. hwelik, D. welk, G. welch, OHG. welih, hwelih, Icel. hvilikr, Dan. & Sw. hvilken, Goth. hwileiks, 1. Of what sort or kind; what; what a; who. - SURFACE TENSION
That property, due to molecular forces, which exists in the surface film of all liquids and tends to bring the contained volume into a form having the least superficial area. The thickness of this film, amounting to less than a thousandth - ICELAND MOSS
A kind of lichen found from the Arctic regions to the North Temperate zone. It furnishes a nutritious jelly and other forms of food, and is used in pulmonary complaints as a demulcent. - EARTHEN-HEARTED
Hard-hearted; sordid; gross. Lowell. - TEMPERATE
1. Moderate; not excessive; as, temperate heat; a temperate climate. 2. Not marked with passion; not violent; cool; calm; as, temperate language. She is not hot, but temperate as the morn. Shak. That sober freedom out of which there springs Our - DISTEMPERATE
1. Immoderate. Sir W. Raleigh. 2. Diseased; disordered. Wodroephe. - UNEARTHLY
Not terrestrial; supernatural; preternatural; hence, weird; appalling; terrific; as, an unearthly sight or sound. -- Un*earth"li*ness, n. - PLEUROPERITONEUM
The pleural and peritoneal membranes, or the membrane lining the body cavity and covering the surface of the inclosed viscera; the peritoneum; -- used especially in the case of those animals in which the body cavity is not divided. Note: Peritoneum - PHOTIC REGION
The uppermost zone of the sea, which receives the most light. - UNTEMPERATE
Intemperate. - DOUBLE-SURFACED
Having two surfaces; -- said specif. of aƫroplane wings or aƫrocurves which are covered on both sides with fabric, etc., thus completely inclosing their frames. - INTEMPERATENESS
1. The state of being intemperate; excessive indulgence of any appetite or passion; as, intemperateness in eating or drinking. 2. Severity of weather; inclemency. Boyle. By unseasonable weather, by intemperateness of the air or meteors. Sir M. - MIDDLE-EARTH
The world, considered as lying between heaven and hell. Shak.