Word Meanings - TATOUAY - Book Publishers vocabulary database
An armadillo , native of the tropical parts of South America. It has about thirteen movable bands composed of small, nearly square, scales. The head is long; the tail is round and tapered, and nearly destitute of scales; the claws of the fore feet
Additional info about word: TATOUAY
An armadillo , native of the tropical parts of South America. It has about thirteen movable bands composed of small, nearly square, scales. The head is long; the tail is round and tapered, and nearly destitute of scales; the claws of the fore feet are very large. Called also tatouary, and broad-banded armadillo.
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- SOUTHSAY
See SOOTHSAY - COMPOSITOUS
Belonging to the Compositæ; composite. Darwin. - SOUTHWESTERLY
To ward or from the southwest; as, a southwesterly course; a southwesterly wind. - ROUNDWORM
A nematoid worm. - ROUNDISH
Somewhat round; as, a roundish seed; a roundish figure. -- Round"ish*ness, n. - SOUTHERNLINESS
Southerliness. - TAPERED
Lighted with a taper or tapers; as, a tapered choir. T. Warton. - ROUNDABOUTNESS
The quality of being roundabout; circuitousness. - ABOUT
On the point or verge of; going; in act of. Paul was now aboutto open his mouth. Acts xviii. 14. 7. Concerning; with regard to; on account of; touching. "To treat about thy ransom." Milton. She must have her way about Sarah. Trollope. (more info) - SOUTHREN
Southern. "I am a Southren man." Chaucer. - AMERICANIZATION
The process of Americanizing. - ROUNDFISH
Any ordinary market fish, exclusive of flounders, sole, halibut, and other flatfishes. A lake whitefish , less compressed than the common species. It is very abundant in British America and Alaska. - ROUND-UP
The act of collecting or gathering together scattered cattle by riding around them and driving them in. - SMALLISH
Somewhat small. G. W. Cable. - MOVABLE
1. Capable of being moved, lifted, carried, drawn, turned, or conveyed, or in any way made to change place or posture; susceptible of motion; not fixed or stationary; as, a movable steam engine. 2. Changing from one time to another; as, movable - COMPOSURE
1. The act of composing, or that which is composed; a composition. Signor Pietro, who had an admirable way both of composure and teaching. Evelyn. 2. Orderly adjustment; disposition. Various composures and combinations of these corpuscles. - COMPOSSIBLE
Able to exist with another thing; consistent. Chillingworth. - TROPICALLY
In a tropical manner; figuratively; metaphorically. - SQUARE-TOED
Having the toe square. Obsolete as fardingales, ruffs, and square-toed shoes. V. Knox. - SQUARELY
In a square form or manner. - ELIMINATIVE
Relating to, or carrying on, elimination. - INDECOMPOSABLENESS
Incapableness of decomposition; stability; permanence; durability. - NOMINATIVELY
In the manner of a nominative; as a nominative. - MISGROUND
To found erroneously. "Misgrounded conceit." Bp. Hall. - EMANATIVE
Issuing forth; effluent. - THREE-SQUARE
Having a cross section in the form of an equilateral triangle; -- said especially of a kind of file. - DOMINATIVE
Governing; ruling; imperious. Sir E. Sandys. - REGNATIVE
Ruling; governing. - GROUNDWORK
That which forms the foundation or support of anything; the basis; the essential or fundamental part; first principle. Dryden. - UNDERGROUND INSURANCE
Wildcat insurance. - T SQUARE
See T - PLAYGROUND
A piece of ground used for recreation; as, the playground of a school. - COORDINATIVE
Expressing coördination. J. W. Gibbs. - GROUNDEN
p. p. of Grind. Chaucer.