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Word Meanings - STARTHROAT - Book Publishers vocabulary database

Any humming bird of the genus Heliomaster. The feathers of the throat have a brilliant metallic luster.

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  • METALLIC
    Of, pertaining to, or characterized by, the essential and implied properties of a metal, as contrasted with a nonmetal or metalloid; basic; antacid; positive. Metallic iron, iron in the state of the metal, as distinquished from its ores, as magnetic
  • HUMMER
    A humming bird. (more info) 1. One who, or that which, hums; one who applauds by humming. Ainsworth.
  • THROATLATCH
    A strap of a bridle, halter, or the like, passing under a horse's throat.
  • METALLICLY
    In a metallic manner; by metallic means.
  • METALLICAL
    See METALLIC
  • HUMMOCKY
    Abounding in hummocks.
  • HUMMOCKING
    The process of forming hummocks in the collision of Arctic ice. Kane.
  • LUSTER
    One who lusts.
  • LUSTERING
    1. The act or process of imparting a luster, as to pottery. 2. The brightening of a metal in the crucible when it becomes pure, as in certain refining processes.
  • LUSTERLESS; LUSTRELESS
    Destitute of luster; dim; dull.
  • BRILLIANTINE
    1. An oily composition used to make the hair glossy. 2. A dress fabric having a glossy finish on both sides, resembling alpaca but of superior quality.
  • FEATHERSTITCH
    A kind of embroidery stitch producing a branching zigzag line.
  • THROATWORT
    A plant formerly considered a remedy for sore throats because of its throat-shaped corolla.
  • HUMMING
    A sound like that made by bees; a low, murmuring sound; a hum. Hummingale, lively or strong ale. Dryden. -- Humming bird , any bird of the family Trochilidæ, of which over one hundred genera are known, including about four hundred species. They
  • THROATY
    Guttural; hoarse; having a guttural voice. "Hard, throaty words." Howell.
  • BRILLIANTNESS
    Brilliancy; splendor; glitter.
  • HUMMEL
    To separate from the awns; -- said of barley.
  • GENUS
    A class of objects divided into several subordinate species; a class more extensive than a species; a precisely defined and exactly divided class; one of the five predicable conceptions, or sorts of terms.
  • THROATING
    A drip, or drip molding.
  • THROATBAND
    See THROATLATCH
  • THUMMIE
    The chiff-chaff.
  • BLUETHROAT
    A singing bird of northern Europe and Asia , related to the nightingales; -- called also blue-throated robin and blue-throated warbler.
  • CUTTHROAT
    One who cuts throats; a murderer; an assassin.
  • SUBGENUS
    A subdivision of a genus, comprising one or more species which differ from other species of the genus in some important character or characters; as, the azaleas now constitute a subgenus of Rhododendron.
  • MONOMETALLIC
    Consisting of one metal; of or pertaining to monometallism.
  • CLUSTERY
    Growing in, or full of, clusters; like clusters. Johnson.
  • BIMETALLIC
    Of or relating to, or using, a double metallic standard (as gold and silver) for a system of coins or currency.
  • WHITETHROAT
    Any one of several species of Old World warblers, esp. the common European species , called also strawsmear, nettlebird, muff, and whitecap, the garden whitethroat, or golden warbler , and the lesser whitethroat .
  • LACKLUSTER; LACKLUSTRE
    A want of luster. -- a.
  • RUBYTHROAT
    Any one of numerous species of humming birds belonging to Trochilus, Calypte, Stellula, and allies, in which the male has on the throat a brilliant patch of red feathers having metallic reflections; esp., the common humming bird of the
  • BLUSTERINGLY
    In a blustering manner.

 

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