Word Meanings - RHOMBOID-OVATE - Book Publishers vocabulary database

Between rhomboid and ovate, or oval, in shape.

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• OVATED
  Ovate.
• 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
• 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,
• OVATE-ACUMINATE
  Having an ovate form, but narrowed at the end into a slender point.
• 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
• OVATE-OBLONG
  Oblong. with one end narrower than the other; ovato-oblong.
• RHOMBOIDAL
  Having, or approaching, the shape of a rhomboid.
• RHOMBOID-OVATE
  Between rhomboid and ovate, or oval, in shape.
• 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.
• OVATE-ROTUNDATE
  Having a form intermediate between that of an egg and a sphere; roundly ovate.
• OVATE-CYLINDRACEOUS
  Having a form intermediate between ovate and cylindraceous.
• RHOMBOIDES
  A rhomboid. Milton.
• BETWEEN
  betweónum; prefix be- by + a form fr. AS. twa two, akin to Goth. 1. In the space which separates; betwixt; as, New York is between Boston and Philadelphia. 2. Used in expressing motion from one body or place to another; from one to another of
• RHOMBOID
  An oblique-angled parallelogram like a rhomb, but having only the opposite sides equal, the length and with being different.
• OVATE
  Having the shape of an egg, or of the longitudinal sectior of an egg, with the broader end basal. Gray. (more info) 1. Shaped like an egg, with the lower extremity broadest.
• OVATE-LANCEOLATE
  Having a form intermediate between ovate and lanceolate.
• SHAPELINESS
  The quality or state of being shapely.
• OVATE-SUBULATE
  Having an ovate form, but with a subulate tip or extremity.
• OBOVATE
  Inversely ovate; ovate with the narrow end downward; as, an obovate leaf.
• 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.
• RENOVATE
  To make over again; to restore to freshness or vigor; to renew. All nature feels the reniovating force Of winter. Thomson. (more info) renovare;pref. re- re- + novare to make new, fr. novus new. See New,
• 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.
• INNOVATE
  1. To bring in as new; to introduce as a novelty; as, to innovate a word or an act. 2. To change or alter by introducing something new; to remodel; to revolutionize. Burton. From his attempts upon the civil power, he proceeds to innovate God's
• FIDDLE-SHAPED
  Inversely ovate, with a deep hollow on each side. Gray.
• OBLONG-OVATE
  Between oblong and ovate, but inclined to the latter.
• 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.
• SUBOVATED
  Subovate.