Word Meanings - SNAKEWOOD - Book Publishers vocabulary database
An East Indian climbing plant having a bitter taste, and supposed to be a remedy for the bite of the hooded serpent. An East Indian climbing shrub which has the roots and stems twisted so as to resemble serpents. Same as Trumpetwood. A tropical
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An East Indian climbing plant having a bitter taste, and supposed to be a remedy for the bite of the hooded serpent. An East Indian climbing shrub which has the roots and stems twisted so as to resemble serpents. Same as Trumpetwood. A tropical American shrub which has very fragrant red blossoms. Same as Letterwood.
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- INDIANEER
An Indiaman. - SERPENT-TONGUED
Having a forked tongue, like a serpent. - SERPENTARIUS
A constellation on the equator, lying between Scorpio and Hercules; -- called also Ophiuchus. - HAVENED
Sheltered in a haven. Blissful havened both from joy and pain. Keats. - SERPENTRY
1. A winding like a serpent's. 2. A place inhabited or infested by serpents. - BITTERWEED
A species of Ambrosia ; Roman worm wood. Gray. - HOOD MOLDING; HOOD MOULDING
A projecting molding over the head of an arch, forming the outermost member of the archivolt; -- called also hood mold. - HAVENER
A harbor master. - SERPENTINOUS
Relating to, or like, serpentine; as, a rock serpentinous in character. - BITTERS
A liquor, generally spirituous in which a bitter herb, leaf, or root is steeped. - CLIMB
To ascend or creep upward by twining about a support, or by attaching itself by tendrills, rootlets, etc., to a support or upright surface. (more info) 1. To ascend or mount laboriously, esp. by use of the hands and feet. 2. To ascend as if with - SERPENTINELY
In a serpentine manner. - HOOD
The endmost plank of a strake which reaches the stem or stern. (more info) 1. State; condition. How could thou ween, through that disguised hood To hide thy state from being understood Spenser. 2. A covering or garment for the head or the head - PLANTIGRADA
A subdivision of Carnivora having plantigrade feet. It includes the bears, raccoons, and allied species. - HAVELOCK
A light cloth covering for the head and neck, used by soldiers as a protection from sunstroke. - PLANTULE
The embryo which has begun its development in the act of germination. - HOODLUM
A young rowdy; a rough, lawless fellow. - PLANTIGRADE
Walking on the sole of the foot; pertaining to the plantigrades. Having the foot so formed that the heel touches the ground when the leg is upright. - TROPICALLY
In a tropical manner; figuratively; metaphorically. - SERPENTARIA
The fibrous aromatic root of the Virginia snakeroot - DISPLANTATION
The act of displanting; removal; displacement. Sir W. Raleigh. - SUPPLANT
heels, to throw down; sub under + planta the sole of the foot, also, 1. To trip up. "Supplanted, down he fell." Milton. 2. To remove or displace by stratagem; to displace and take the place of; to supersede; as, a rival supplants another in the - SERFHOOD; SERFISM
Serfage. - HARDIHOOD
Boldness, united with firmness and constancy of mind; bravery; intrepidity; also, audaciousness; impudence. A bound of graceful hardihood. Wordsworth. It is the society of numbers which gives hardihood to iniquity. Buckminster. Syn. -- Intrepidity; - MANHOOD
1. The state of being man as a human being, or man as distinguished from a child or a woman. 2. Manly quality; courage; bravery; resolution. I am ashamed That thou hast power to shake my manhood thus. Shak. - STATEHOOD
The condition of being a State; as, a territory seeking Statehood. - BABEHOOD
Babyhood. Udall. - IMBITTER
To make bitter; hence, to make distressing or more distressing; to make sad, morose, sour, or malignant. Is there anything that more imbitters the enjoyment of this life than shame South. Imbittered against each other by former contests. Bancroft. - FOEHOOD
Enmity. Br. Bedell. - KINGHOOD
The state of being a king; the attributes of a king; kingship. Gower.