Word Meanings - PROSTATE - Book Publishers vocabulary database
Standing before; -- applied to a gland which is found in the males of most mammals, and is situated at the neck of the bladder where this joins the urethra. -- n.
Related words: (words related to PROSTATE)
- APPLICABLE
Capable of being applied; fit or suitable to be applied; having relevance; as, this observation is applicable to the case under consideration. -- Ap"pli*ca*ble*ness, n. -- Ap"pli*ca*bly, adv. - GLANDULAR
Containing or supporting glands; consisting of glands; pertaining to glands. - 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 - GLANDULOSITY
Quality of being glandulous; a collection of glands. Sir T. Browne. - WHEREVER
At or in whatever place; wheresoever. He can not but love virtue wherever it is. Atterbury. - FOUNDATION
The lowest and supporting part or member of a wall, including the base course , under Base, n.) and footing courses; in a frame house, the whole substructure of masonry. 4. A donation or legacy appropriated to support a charitable institution, - APPLICATIVE
Having of being applied or used; applying; applicatory; practical. Bramhall. -- Ap"pli*ca*tive*ly, adv. - STAND
1. The act of standing. I took my stand upon an eminence . . . to look into thier several ladings. Spectator. 2. A halt or stop for the purpose of defense, resistance, or opposition; as, to come to, or to make, a stand. Vice is at stand, and at - FOUND
1. To lay the basis of; to set, or place, as on something solid, for support; to ground; to establish upon a basis, literal or figurative; to fix firmly. I had else been perfect, Whole as the marble, founded as the rock. Shak. A man that all his - APPLICANCY
The quality or state of being applicable. - WHERETO
1. To which; -- used relatively. "Whereto we have already attained." Phil. iii. 16. Whereto all bonds do tie me day by day. Shak. 2. To what; to what end; -- used interrogatively. - APPLICABILITY
The quality of being applicable or fit to be applied. - WHEREAS
1. Considering that; it being the case that; since; -- used to introduce a preamble which is the basis of declarations, affirmations, commands, requests, or like, that follow. 2. When in fact; while on the contrary; the case being in truth that; - GLAND
The movable part of a stuffing box by which the packing is compressed; -- sometimes called a follower. See Illust. of Stuffing box, under Stuffing. (more info) An organ for secreting something to be used in, or eliminated from, the body; as, the - STANDPOINT
A fixed point or station; a basis or fundamental principle; a position from which objects or principles are viewed, and according to which they are compared and judged. - FOUNDATIONER
One who derives support from the funds or foundation of a college or school. - STANDPIPE
A vertical pipe, open at the top, between a hydrant and a reservoir, to equalize the flow of water; also, a large vertical pipe, near a pumping engine, into which water is forced up, so as to give it sufficient head to rise to the required level - SITUATE
To place. Landor. - WHERE'ER
Wherever; -- a contracted and poetical form. Cowper. - APPLICATORILY
By way of application. - CONFOUNDED
1. Confused; perplexed. A cloudy and confounded philosopher. Cudworth. 2. Excessive; extreme; abominable. He was a most confounded tory. Swift. The tongue of that confounded woman. Sir. W. Scott. - WHER; WHERE
Whether. Piers Plowman. Men must enquire , Wher she be wise or sober or dronkelewe. Chaucer. - COWPER'S GLANDS
Two small glands discharging into the male urethra. - BYSTANDER
One who stands near; a spectator; one who has no concern with the business transacting. He addressed the bystanders and scattered pamphlets among them. Palfrey. Syn. -- Looker on; spectator; beholder; observer. - UNAPPLIABLE
Inapplicable. Milton. - REAPPLICATION
The act of reapplying, or the state of being reapplied. - FOUNDER
One who founds, establishes, and erects; one who lays a foundation; an author; one from whom anything originates; one who endows. - AGAINSTAND
To withstand. - EVERYWHERENESS
Ubiquity; omnipresence. Grew. - THEREBEFORE; THEREBIFORN
Before that time; beforehand. Many a winter therebiforn. Chaucer. - EVERYWHERE
In every place; in all places; hence, in every part; throughly; altogether.