Word Meanings - PRISM - Book Publishers vocabulary database
A solid whose bases or ends are any similar, equal, and parallel plane figures, and whose sides are parallelograms. Note: Prisms of different forms are often named from the figure of their bases; as, a triangular prism, a quadrangular
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A solid whose bases or ends are any similar, equal, and parallel plane figures, and whose sides are parallelograms. Note: Prisms of different forms are often named from the figure of their bases; as, a triangular prism, a quadrangular prism, a rhombic prism, etc.
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- WHOSESOEVER
The possessive of whosoever. See Whosoever. - NAMELESSLY
In a nameless manner. - SOLIDARE
A small piece of money. Shak. - SIDESADDLE
A saddle for women, in which the rider sits with both feet on one side of the animal mounted. Sidesaddle flower , a plant with hollow leaves and curiously shaped flowers; -- called also huntsman's cup. See Sarracenia. - PLANE TREE
See PLANE - NAMABLE
Capable of being named. - DIFFERENTIALLY
In the way of differentiation. - EQUALIZER
One who, or that which, equalizes anything. - NAMELESS
1. Without a name; not having been given a name; as, a nameless star. Waller. 2. Undistinguished; not noted or famous. A nameless dwelling and an unknown name. Harte. 3. Not known or mentioned by name; anonymous; as, a nameless writer."Nameless - DIFFERENTLY
In a different manner; variously. - SOLIDUNGULA
A tribe of ungulates which includes the horse, ass, and related species, constituting the family Equidæ. - PRISM
A solid whose bases or ends are any similar, equal, and parallel plane figures, and whose sides are parallelograms. Note: Prisms of different forms are often named from the figure of their bases; as, a triangular prism, a quadrangular - NAMER
One who names, or calls by name. - TRIANGULAR
Oblong or elongated, and having three lateral angles; as, a triangular seed, leaf, or stem. Triangular compasses, compasses with three legs for taking off the angular points of a triangle, or any three points at the same time. -- Triangular crab - SIMILARY
Similar. Rhyming cadences of similarly words. South. - NAMAYCUSH
A large North American lake trout . It is usually spotted with red, and sometimes weighs over forty pounds. Called also Mackinaw trout, lake trout, lake salmon, salmon trout, togue, and tuladi. - DIFFERENT
1. Distinct; separate; not the same; other. "Five different churches." Addison. 2. Of various or contrary nature, form, or quality; partially or totally unlike; dissimilar; as, different kinds of food or drink; different states of health; different - EQUALIZE
1. To make equal; to cause to correspond, or be like, in amount or degree as compared; as, to equalize accounts, burdens, or taxes. One poor moment can suffice To equalize the lofty and the low. Wordsworth. No system of instruction will completely - QUADRANGULAR
Having four angles, and consequently four sides; tetragonal. -- Quad*ran"gu*lar*ly, adv. - PLANETULE
A little planet. Conybeare. - DYNAMO
A dynamo-electric machine. - DYNAMOMETRY
The art or process of measuring forces doing work. - DIPRISMATIC
Doubly prismatic. - UNEQUALABLE
Not capable of being equaled or paralleled. Boyle. - ELECTRO-DYNAMIC; ELECTRO-DYNAMICAL
Pertaining to the movements or force of electric or galvanic currents; dependent on electric force. - INEQUALITY
An expression consisting of two unequal quantities, with the sign of inequality between them; as, the inequality 2 < 3, or 4 > 1. (more info) 1. The quality of being unequal; difference, or want of equality, in any respect; lack of uniformity; - DYNAMOMETER
An apparatus for measuring force or power; especially, muscular effort of men or animals, or the power developed by a motor, or that required to operate machinery. Note: It usually embodies a spring to be compressed or weight to be sustained by - SERIES DYNAMO
A series-wound dynamo. A dynamo running in series with another or others. - MONODYNAMISM
The theory that the various forms of activity in nature are manifestations of the same force. G. H. Lewes. - HYDROBIPLANE
A hydro-aëroplane having two supporting planes. - CONSOLIDATED
Having a small surface in proportion to bulk, as in the cactus. Consolidated plants are evidently adapted and designed for very dry regions; in such only they are found. Gray. The Consolidated Fund, a British fund formed by consolidating (in 1787) - INDIFFERENTLY
In an indifferent manner; without distinction or preference; impartially; without concern, wish, affection, or aversion; tolerably; passably. That they may truly and indifferently minister justice, to the punishment of wickedness and vice, and to