Word Meanings - SATINY - Book Publishers vocabulary database

Like or composed of satin; glossy; as, to have a satiny appearance; a satiny texture.

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• SATIN WEAVE
  A style of weaving producing smooth-faced fabric in which the warp interlaces with the filling at points distributed over the surface.
• COMPOSITOUS
  Belonging to the Compositæ; composite. Darwin.
• SATINETTE
  One of a breed of fancy frilled pigeons allied to the owls and turbits, having the body white, the shoulders tricolored, and the tail bluish black with a large white spot on each feather.
• COMPOSURE
  1. The act of composing, or that which is composed; a composition. Signor Pietro, who had an admirable way both of composure and teaching. Evelyn. 2. Orderly adjustment; disposition. Various composures and combinations of these corpuscles.
• COMPOSSIBLE
  Able to exist with another thing; consistent. Chillingworth.
• COMPOSE
  To arrange in a composing stick in order for printing; to set . (more info) 1. To form by putting together two or more things or parts; to put together; to make up; to fashion. Zeal ought to be composed of the hidhest degrees of all
• COMPOSER
  1. One who composes; an author. Specifically, an author of a piece of music. If the thoughts of such authors have nothing in them, they at least . . . show an honest industry and a good intention in the composer. Addison. His most brilliant and
• COMPOSITE
  Belonging to a certain order which is composed of the Ionic order grafted upon the Corinthian. It is called also the Roman or the Italic order, and is one of the five orders recognized by the Italian writers of the sixteenth century. See Capital.
• SATINY
  Like or composed of satin; glossy; as, to have a satiny appearance; a satiny texture.
• SATIN
  A silk cloth, of a thick, close texture, and overshot woof, which has a glossy surface. Cloths of gold and satins rich of hue. Chaucer. Denmark satin, a kind of lasting; a stout worsted stuff, woven with a satin twill, used for women's shoes. --
• COMPOSTURE
  Manure; compost. Shak.
• SATINET
  1. A thin kind of satin. 2. A kind of cloth made of cotton warp and woolen filling, used chiefly for trousers.
• COMPOSITAE
  A large family of dicotyledonous plants, having their flowers arranged in dense heads of many small florets and their anthers united in a tube. The daisy, dandelion, and asters, are examples.
• GLOSSY
  1. Smooth and shining; reflecting luster from a smooth surface; highly polished; lustrous; as, glossy silk; a glossy surface. 2. Smooth; specious; plausible; as, glossy deceit.
• COMPOS-MENTIS
  One who is compos mentis.
• COMPOSED
  Free from agitation; calm; sedate; quiet; tranquil; self- possessed. The Mantuan there in sober triumph sate, Composed his posture, and his look sedate. Pope. -- Com*pos"ed*ly (, adv. -- Com*pos"ed*ness, n.
• TEXTURE
  A tissue. See Tissue. (more info) 1. The act or art of weaving. Sir T. Browne. 2. That which woven; a woven fabric; a web. Milton. Others, apart far in the grassy dale, Or roughening waste, their humble texture weave. Thomson. 3. The disposition
• SATINWOOD
  The hard, lemon-colored, fragrant wood of an East Indian tree . It takes a lustrous finish, and is used in cabinetwork. The name is also given to the wood of a species of prickly ash growing in Florida and the West Indies.
• COMPOSING
  1. Tending to compose or soothe. 2. Pertaining to, or used in, composition. Composing frame , a stand for holding cases of type when in use. -- Composing rule , a thin slip of brass or steel, against which the type is arranged in a composing
• COMPOSITIVE
  Having the quality of entering into composition; compounded.
• INDECOMPOSABLENESS
  Incapableness of decomposition; stability; permanence; durability.
• DECOMPOSE
  To separate the constituent parts of; to resolve into original elements; to set free from previously existing forms of chemical combination; to bring to dissolution; to rot or decay.
• DECOMPOSITION
  1. The act or process of resolving the constituent parts of a compound body or substance into its elementary parts; separation into constituent part; analysis; the decay or dissolution consequent on the removal or alteration of some of
• REAPPEARANCE
  A second or new appearance; the act or state of appearing again.
• PRETEXTURE
  A pretext.
• ISATIN
  An orange-red crystalline substance, C8H5NO2, obtained by the oxidation of indigo blue. It is also produced from certain derivatives of benzoic acid, and is one important source of artificial indigo.
• DISAPPEARANCE
  The act of disappearing; cessation of appearance; removal from sight; vanishing. Addison.
• NON COMPOS; NON COMPOS MENTIS
  Not of sound mind; not having the regular use of reason; hence, also, as a noun, an idiot; a lunati