Word Meanings - THEIR - Book Publishers vocabulary database

The possessive case of the personal pronoun they; as, their houses; their country. Note: The possessive takes the form theirs (theirs is best cultivated. Nothing but the name of zeal appears 'Twixt our best actions and the worst of theirs. Denham.

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The possessive case of the personal pronoun they; as, their houses; their country. Note: The possessive takes the form theirs (theirs is best cultivated. Nothing but the name of zeal appears 'Twixt our best actions and the worst of theirs. Denham. (more info) but properly gen. pl. of the definite article; akin to AS. th'bera, th'd6ra, gen. pl. of the definite article, or fr. AS. th'd6ra,

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• POSSESSIVE
  Of or pertaining to possession; having or indicating possession. Possessive case , the genitive case; the case of nouns and pronouns which expresses ownership, origin, or some possessive relation of one thing to another; as, Homer's admirers; the
• COUNTRY-DANCE
  See MACUALAY
• NOTHINGNESS
  1. Nihility; nonexistence. 2. The state of being of no value; a thing of no value.
• COUNTRY SEAT
  A dwelling in the country, used as a place of retirement from the city.
• CULTIVATABLE
  Cultivable.
• PRONOUNCER
  One who pronounces, utters, or declares; also, a pronouncing book.
• COUNTRY CLUB
  A club usually located in the suburbs or vicinity of a city or town and devoted mainly to outdoor sports.
• PERSONAL
  Denoting person; as, a personal pronoun. Personal action , a suit or action by which a man claims a debt or personal duty, or damages in lieu of it; or wherein he claims satisfaction in damages for an injury to his person or property,
• COUNTRYSIDE
  A particular rural district; a country neighborhood. W. Black. Blackmore.
• PRONOUN
  A word used instead of a noun or name, to avoid the repetition of it. The personal pronouns in English are I, thou or you, he, she, it, we, ye, and they.
• PRONOUNCE
  1. To utter articulately; to speak out or distinctly; to utter, as words or syllables; to speak with the proper sound and accent as, adults rarely learn to pronounce a foreign language correctly. 2. To utter officially or solemnly; to deliver,
• PERSONALLY
  1. In a personal manner; by bodily presence; in person; not by representative or substitute; as, to deliver a letter personally. He, being cited, personally came not. Grafton. 2. With respect to an individual; as regards the person; individually;
• NOTHINGARIAN
  One of no certain belief; one belonging to no particular sect.
• PRONOUNCEABLE
  Capable of being pronounced.
• COUNTRY BANK
  A national bank not in a reserve city.
• PERSONALISM
  The quality or state of being personal; personality.
• NOTHER
  Neither; nor. Chaucer.
• PRONOUNCED
  Strongly marked; unequivocal; decided. Note: views became every day more pronounced. Thackeray.
• COUNTRYMAN
  1. An inhabitant or native of a region. Shak. 2. One born in the same country with another; a compatriot; -- used with a possessive pronoun. In perils of waters, in perils of robbers, in perils by mine own countrymen. 2 Cor. xi. 26. 3. One who
• PRONOUNCEMENT
  The act of pronouncing; a declaration; a formal announcement.
• MONOTHALAMAN
  A foraminifer having but one chamber.
• MONOTHALMIC
  Formed from one pistil; -- said of fruits. R. Brown.
• ANOTHER-GUESS
  Of another sort. It used to go in another-guess manner. Arbuthnot.
• AGONOTHETE
  An officer who presided over the great public games in Greece.
• MISPRONOUNCE
  To pronounce incorrectly.
• KNOW-NOTHING
  A member of a secret political organization in the United States, the chief objects of which were the proscription of foreigners by the repeal of the naturalization laws, and the exclusive choice of native Americans for office. Note: The
• UNIPERSONAL
  Used in only one person, especially only in the third person, as some verbs; impersonal. (more info) 1. Existing as one, and only one, person; as, a unipersonal God.
• DINOTHERE; DINOTHERIUM
  A large extinct proboscidean mammal from the miocene beds of Europe and Asia. It is remarkable fora pair of tusks directed downward from the decurved apex of the lower jaw.
• NEGINOTH
  Stringed instruments. Dr. W. Smith. To the chief musician on Neginoth. Ps. iv. 9heading).
• UNIPERSONALIST
  One who believes that the Deity is unipersonal.
• TRIPERSONALITY
  The state of existing as three persons in one Godhead; trinity.
• 'TWIXT-BRAIN
  The thalamen
• MONOTHEIST
  One who believes that there is but one God.
• TRIPERSONAL
  Consisting of three persons. Milton.