Word Meanings - RHOMBIC - Book Publishers vocabulary database

See ORTHORHOMBIC (more info) 1. Shaped like a rhomb.

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• RHOMBOHEDRON
  A solid contained by six rhomboids; a parallelopiped.
• RHOMBOHEDRAL
  Related to the rhombohedron; presenting the form of a rhombohedron, or a form derivable from a rhombohedron; relating to a system of forms including the rhombohedron and scalenohedron. Rhombohedral iron ore See Hematite. -- Rhombohedral system
• SHAPE
  is from the strong verb, AS. scieppan, scyppan, sceppan, p. p. 1. To form or create; especially, to mold or make into a particular form; to give proper form or figure to. I was shapen in iniquity. Ps. li. 5. Grace shaped her limbs, and
• RHOMBOGANOIDEI
  See GINGLYMODI
• ORTHORHOMBIC
  Noting the system of crystallization which has three unequal axes at right angles to each other; trimetric. See Crystallization.
• RHOMB SPAR
  A variety of dolomite.
• SHAPER
  1. One who shapes; as, the shaper of one's fortunes. The secret of those old shapers died with them. Lowell. 2. That which shapes; a machine for giving a particular form or outline to an object. Specifically; A kind of planer in which the tool,
• SHAPELY
  1. Well-formed; having a regular shape; comely; symmetrical. T. Warton. Waste sandy valleys, once perplexed with thorn, The spiry fir and shapely box adorn. Pope. Where the shapely column stood. Couper. 2. Fit; suitable. Shaply for to
• RHOMBOHEDRIC
  Rhombohedral.
• SHAPOO
  The oörial.
• RHOMBUS
  See 1
• RHOMBOIDAL
  Having, or approaching, the shape of a rhomboid.
• RHOMBOID-OVATE
  Between rhomboid and ovate, or oval, in shape.
• RHOMB
  An equilateral parallelogram, or quadrilateral figure whose sides are equal and the opposite sides parallel. The angles may be unequal, two being obtuse and two acute, as in the cut, or the angles may be equal, in which case it is usually called
• RHOMBOGENE
  A dicyemid which produces infusorialike embryos; -- opposed to nematogene. See Dicyemata.
• SHAPELESS
  Destitute of shape or regular form; wanting symmetry of dimensions; misshapen; -- opposed to Ant: shapely. -- Shape"less*ness, n. The shapeless rock, or hanging precipice. Pope.
• RHOMBOIDES
  A rhomboid. Milton.
• RHOMBOID
  An oblique-angled parallelogram like a rhomb, but having only the opposite sides equal, the length and with being different.
• SHAPABLE
  1. That may be shaped. 2. Shapely. "Round and shapable." De Foe.
• SHAPELINESS
  The quality or state of being shapely.
• MISHAPPEN
  To happen ill or unluckily. Spenser.
• SPINDLE-SHAPED
  Thickest in the middle, and tapering to both ends; fusiform; -- applied chiefly to roots. (more info) 1. Having the shape of a spindle.
• DIAMOND-SHAPED
  Shaped like a diamond or rhombus.
• STRAP-SHAPED
  Shaped like a strap; ligulate; as, a strap-shaped corolla.
• TRIRHOMBOIDAL
  Having three rhombic faces or sides.
• AWL-SHAPED
  Subulate. See Subulate. Gray. (more info) 1. Shaped like an awl.
• SWORD-SHAPED
  Shaped like a sword; ensiform, as the long, flat leaves of the Iris, cattail, and the like.
• FIDDLE-SHAPED
  Inversely ovate, with a deep hollow on each side. Gray.
• PEAR-SHAPED
  Of the form of a pear.
• EGG-SHAPED
  Resembling an egg in form; ovoid.
• LATH-SHAPED
  Having a slender elongated form, like a lath; -- said of the feldspar of certain igneous rocks, as diabase, as seen in microscopic sections.
• VASE-SHAPED
  Formed like a vase, or like a common flowerpot.