Word Meanings - STEPSISTER - Book Publishers vocabulary database
A daughter of one's stepfather or stepmother by a former marriage.
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- FORMERLY
In time past, either in time immediately preceding or at any indefinite distance; of old; heretofore. - STEPMOTHER
The wife of one's father by a subsequent marriage. - DAUGHTERLY
Becoming a daughter; filial. Sir Thomas liked her natural and dear daughterly affection towards him. Cavendish. - DAUGHTERLINESS
The state of a daughter, or the conduct becoming a daughter. - MARRIAGEABILITY
The quality or state of being marriageable. - STEPFATHER
The husband of one's mother by a subsequent marriage. - DAUGHTER
doughter, doghter, dohter, AS. dohtor, dohter; akin to OS. dohtar, D. dochter, G. tochter, Icel. d, Sw. dotter, Dan. dotter, datter, Goth. daúhtar,, OSlav. d, Russ. doche, Lith. dukt, Gr. , Zendughdhar, Skr. duhit; possibly originally, the milker, - MARRIAGE
1. The act of marrying, or the state of being married; legal union of a man and a woman for life, as husband and wife; wedlock; matrimony. Marriage is honorable in all. Heb. xiii. 4. 2. The marriage vow or contract. Chaucer. 3. A feast made on - FORMER
1. One who forms; a maker; a creator. A shape around which an article is to be shaped, molded, woven wrapped, pasted, or otherwise constructed. A templet, pattern, or gauge by which an article is shaped. A cutting die. - MARRIAGEABLE
Fit for, or capable of, marriage; of an age at which marriage is allowable. -- Mar"riage*a*ble*ness, n. - FORMERET
One of the half ribs against the walls in a ceiling vaulted with ribs. - DAUGHTER-IN-LAW
The wife of one's son. - DEFORMER
One who deforms. - STEPDAUGHTER
A daughter of one's wife or husband by a former marriage. - MISINFORMER
One who gives or incorrect information. - INFORMER
One who informs a magistrate of violations of law; one who informs against another for violation of some law or penal statute. Common informer , one who habitually gives information of the violation of penal statutes, with a view to a prosecution - GREAT-GRANDDAUGHTER
A daughter of one's grandson or granddaughter. - PHASING TRANSFORMER
Any of several transformers for changing phase. - PARALLEL TRANSFORMER
A transformer connected in parallel. - AUTOTRANSFORMER
A transformer in which part of the primary winding is used as a secondary winding, or vice versa; -- called also a compensator or balancing coil. - GODDAUGHTER
A female for whom one becomes sponsor at baptism. - REFORMER
One of those who commenced the reformation of religion in the sixteenth century, as Luther, Melanchthon, Zwingli, and Calvin. (more info) 1. One who effects a reformation or amendment; one who labors for, or urges, reform; as, a reformer - TRANSFORMER
One who, or that which, transforms. Specif. , an apparatus for producing from a given electrical current another current of different voltage. - TESLA COIL; TESLA TRANSFORMER
A transformer without iron, for high frequency alternating or oscillating currents; an oscillation transformer.