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Word Meanings - SULTAN - Book Publishers vocabulary database

A ruler, or sovereign, of a Mohammedan state; specifically, the ruler of the Turks; the Padishah, or Grand Seignior; -- officially so called. Sultan flower. See Sweet sultan, under Sweet.

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  • UNDERDOER
    One who underdoes; a shirk.
  • UNDERBRED
    Not thoroughly bred; ill-bred; as, an underbred fellow. Goldsmith.
  • CALLOSUM
    The great band commissural fibers which unites the two cerebral hemispheres. See corpus callosum, under Carpus.
  • UNDERSECRETARY
    A secretary who is subordinate to the chief secretary; an assistant secretary; as, an undersecretary of the Treasury.
  • CALLOW
    1. Destitute of feathers; naked; unfledged. An in the leafy summit, spied a nest, Which, o'er the callow young, a sparrow pressed. Dryden. 2. Immature; boyish; "green"; as, a callow youth. I perceive by this, thou art but a callow maid. Old Play .
  • UNDERPLOT
    1. A series of events in a play, proceeding collaterally with the main story, and subservient to it. Dryden. 2. A clandestine scheme; a trick. Addison.
  • SWEETLY
    In a sweet manner.
  • STATESMANLIKE
    Having the manner or wisdom of statesmen; becoming a statesman.
  • FLOWERY-KIRTLED
    Dressed with garlands of flowers. Milton.
  • SWEETISH
    Somewhat sweet. -- Sweet"ish*ness, n.
  • CALLE
    A kind of head covering; a caul. Chaucer.
  • UNDERNICENESS
    A want of niceness; indelicacy; impropriety.
  • UNDERSOIL
    The soil beneath the surface; understratum; subsoil.
  • UNDERDOLVEN
    p. p. of Underdelve.
  • STATEHOOD
    The condition of being a State; as, a territory seeking Statehood.
  • SWEETING
    1. A sweet apple. Ascham. 2. A darling; -- a word of endearment. Shak.
  • UNDERNIME
    1. To receive; to perceive. He the savor undernom Which that the roses and the lilies cast. Chaucer. 2. To reprove; to reprehend. Piers Plowman.
  • UNDERPROP
    To prop from beneath; to put a prop under; to support; to uphold. Underprop the head that bears the crown. Fenton.
  • UNDERCREST
    To support as a crest; to bear. Shak.
  • SWEETHEART
    A lover of mistress.
  • WINDFLOWER
    The anemone; -- so called because formerly supposed to open only when the wind was blowing. See Anemone.
  • CREBRICOSTATE
    Marked with closely set ribs or ridges.
  • GYMNASTICALLY
    In a gymnastic manner.
  • HYPERCRITICALLY
    In a hypercritical manner.
  • SAGEBRUSH STATE
    Nevada; -- a nickname.
  • CAULIFLOWER
    An annual variety of Brassica oleracea, or cabbage of which the cluster of young flower stalks and buds is eaten as a vegetable. 2. The edible head or "curd" of a caulifower plant. (more info) caulis, and by E. flower; F. chou cabbage is fr. L.
  • UNEMPIRICALLY
    Not empirically; without experiment or experience.

 

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