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Word Meanings - PRESS - Book Publishers vocabulary database

An East Indian insectivore . It is arboreal in its habits, and has a bushy tail. The fur is soft, and varies from rusty red to maroon and to brownish black.

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  • SPECTACLE
    An optical instrument consisting of two lenses set in a light frame, and worn to assist sight, to obviate some defect in the organs of vision, or to shield the eyes from bright light. 4. pl. (more info) 1. Something exhibited to view; usually,
  • SPERMATOCYTE
    See SPERMOBLAST
  • SPECIFICNESS
    The quality or state of being specific.
  • SPERMATIC
    Of or pertaining to semen; as, the spermatic fluid, the spermatic vessels, etc. Spermatic cord , the cord which suspends the testicle within the scrotum. It is made up of a connective tissue sheath inclosing the spermatic duct and accompanying
  • INHIBITORY
    Of or pertaining to, or producing, inhibition; consisting in inhibition; tending or serving to inhibit; as, the inhibitory action of the pneumogastric on the respiratory center. I would not have you consider these criticisms as inhibitory. Lamb.
  • SPERMATICAL
    Spermatic.
  • TEACHER
    1. One who teaches or instructs; one whose business or occupation is to instruct others; an instructor; a tutor. 2. One who instructs others in religion; a preacher; a minister of the gospel; sometimes, one who preaches without regular ordination.
  • INSTILL
    To drop in; to pour in drop by drop; hence, to impart gradually; to infuse slowly; to cause to be imbibed. That starlight dews All silently their tears of love instill. Byron. How hast thou instilled Thy malice into thousands. Milton. Syn. -- To
  • TEACHABLENESS
    Willingness to be taught.
  • SHOVELARD
    Shoveler.
  • SPECTROGRAPH
    An apparatus for photographing or mapping a spectrum. A photograph or picture of a spectrum. -- Spec`tro*graph"ic , a. --Spec`tro*graph"ic*al*ly , adv. --Spec*trog"ra*phy , n.
  • PERSUADER
    One who, or that which, persuades or influences. "Powerful persuaders." Milton.
  • SPECK
    The blubber of whales or other marine mammals; also, the fat of the hippopotamus. Speck falls , falls or ropes rove through blocks for hoisting the blubber and bone of whales on board a whaling vessel.
  • SPECTATORSHIP
    1. The office or quality of a spectator. Addison. 2. The act of beholding. Shak.
  • SPECE
    Species; kind. Chaucer.
  • RELAXANT
    A medicine that relaxes; a laxative.
  • SPEECHLESS
    1. Destitute or deprived of the faculty of speech. 2. Not speaking for a time; dumb; mute; silent. Speechless with wonder, and half dead with fear. Addison. -- Speech"less*ly, adv. -- Speech"less*ness, n.
  • SPENDTHRIFT
    One who spends money profusely or improvidently; a prodigal; one who lavishes or wastes his estate. Also used figuratively. A woman who was a generous spendthrift of life. Mrs. R. H. Davis.
  • PERSUADED
    Prevailed upon; influenced by argument or entreaty; convinced. -- Per*suad"ed*ly, adv. -- Per*suad"ed*ness, n.
  • SPEED COUNTER
    A device for automatically counting the revolutions or pulsations of an engine or other machine; -- called also simply counter.
  • ANGIOMONOSPERMOUS
    Producing one seed only in a seed pod.
  • ASPER
    Rough; rugged; harsh; bitter; stern; fierce. "An asper sound." Bacon.
  • DISPENSE
    1. To deal out in portions; to distribute; to give; as, the steward dispenses provisions according directions; Nature dispenses her bounties; to dispense medicines. He is delighted to dispense a share of it to all the company. Sir W. Scott. 2.
  • OOSPERM; OOESPERM
    The ovum, after fusion with the spermatozoön in impregnation. Balfour.
  • MISPENSE
    See HALL
  • ENQUICKEN
    To quicken; to make alive. Dr. H. More.
  • INDISPENSABLENESS
    The state or quality of being indispensable, or absolutely necessary. S. Clarke.
  • SUSPENSORY
    Of or pertaining to a suspensorium. (more info) 1. Suspended; hanging; depending. 2. Fitted or serving to suspend; suspending; as, a suspensory muscle. Ray.
  • DISPERSION
    The separation of light into its different colored rays, arising from their different refrangibilities. Dispersion of the optic axes , the separation of the optic axes in biaxial crystals, due to the fact that the axial angle has different values
  • JASPERATED
    mixed with jasper; containing particles of jasper; as, jasperated agate.

 

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