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Word Meanings - STYLOPS - Book Publishers vocabulary database

A genus of minute insects parasitic, in their larval state, on bees and wasps. It is the typical genus of the group Strepsiptera, formerly considered a distinct order, but now generally referred to the Coleoptera. See Strepsiptera.

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  • STATESMANLIKE
    Having the manner or wisdom of statesmen; becoming a statesman.
  • DISTINCTNESS
    1. The quality or state of being distinct; a separation or difference that prevents confusion of parts or things. The soul's . . . distinctness from the body. Cudworth. 2. Nice discrimination; hence, clearness; precision; as, he stated
  • STATEHOOD
    The condition of being a State; as, a territory seeking Statehood.
  • CONSIDERINGLY
    With consideration or deliberation.
  • FORMERLY
    In time past, either in time immediately preceding or at any indefinite distance; of old; heretofore.
  • DISTINCTURE
    Distinctness.
  • DISTINCTIVENESS
    State of being distinctive.
  • COLEOPTERAN
    One of the order of Coleoptera.
  • STATE SOCIALISM
    A form of socialism, esp. advocated in Germany, which, while retaining the right of private property and the institution of the family and other features of the present form of the state, would intervene by various measures intended to
  • PARASITIC; PARASITICAL
    Of or pertaining to parasites; living on, or deriving nourishment from, some other living animal or plant. See Parasite, 2 & 3. Parasitic gull, Parasitic jager. See Jager. -- Par`a*sit"ic*al*ly, adv. -- Par`a*sit"ic*al*ness, n. (more info) 1.
  • DISTINCTIVE
    1. Marking or expressing distinction or difference; distinguishing; characteristic; peculiar. The distinctive character and institutions of New England. Bancroft. 2. Having the power to distinguish and discern; discriminating. Sir T. Browne.
  • CONSIDER
    consider, view attentively, prob. fr. con- + sidus, sideris, star, constellation; orig., therefore, to look at the stars. See Sidereal, 1. To fix the mind on, with a view to a careful examination; to thank on with care; to ponder; to study; to
  • STATECRAFT
    The art of conducting state affairs; state management; statesmanship.
  • STATESWOMAN
    A woman concerned in public affairs. A rare stateswoman; I admire her bearing. B. Jonson.
  • TYPICAL
    Combining or exhibiting the essential characteristics of a group; as, a typical genus. -- Typ"ic*al*ly, adv. -- Typ"ic*al*ness, n. (more info) 1. Of the nature of a type; representing something by a form, model, or resemblance; emblematic;
  • MINUTELY
    In a minute manner; with minuteness; exactly; nicely.
  • DISTINCTION
    1. A marking off by visible signs; separation into parts; division. The distinction of tragedy into acts was not known. Dryden. 2. The act of distinguishing or denoting the differences between objects, or the qualities by which one is known from
  • STATESMANLY
    Becoming a statesman.
  • STATESMAN
    1. A man versed in public affairs and in the principles and art of government; especially, one eminent for political abilities. The minds of some of our statesmen, like the pupil of the human eye, contract themselves the more, the stronger light
  • ORDERLY
    1. Conformed to order; in order; regular; as, an orderly course or plan. Milton. 2. Observant of order, authority, or rule; hence, obedient; quiet; peaceable; not unruly; as, orderly children; an orderly community. 3. Performed in good
  • CREBRICOSTATE
    Marked with closely set ribs or ridges.
  • SAGEBRUSH STATE
    Nevada; -- a nickname.
  • SUBTYPICAL
    Deviating somewhat from the type of a species, genus, or other group; slightly aberrant.
  • OLD LINE STATE
    Maryland; a nickname, alluding to the fact that its northern boundary in Mason and Dixon's line.
  • ENSTATE
    See INSTATE
  • CONTRADISTINCT
    Distinguished by opposite qualities. J. Goodwin.
  • UNDISTINCTLY
    Indistinctly.
  • KATASTATE
    A substance formed by a katabolic process; -- opposed to anastate. See Katabolic.
  • IMBORDER
    To furnish or inclose with a border; to form a border of. Milton.
  • BAYOU STATE
    Mississippi; -- a nickname, from its numerous bayous.
  • UNCONSIDERED
    Not considered or attended to; not regarded; inconsiderable; trifling. A snapper-up of unconsidered trifles. Shak.
  • REESTATE
    To reëstablish. Walis.
  • BLACKWATER STATE
    Nebraska; -- a nickname alluding to the dark color of the water of its rivers, due to the presence of a black vegetable mold in the soil.
  • ARISTATE
    Having a pointed, beardlike process, as the glumes of wheat; awned. Gray.
  • INCONSIDERATION
    Want of due consideration; inattention to consequences; inconsiderateness. Blindness of mind, inconsideration, precipitation. Jer. Taylor. Not gross, willful, deliberate, crimes; but rather the effects of inconsideration. Sharp.
  • BICOSTATE
    Having two principal ribs running longitudinally, as a leaf.

 

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