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Word Meanings - THREE-VALVED - Book Publishers vocabulary database

Consisting of, or having, three valves; opening with three valves; as, a three-valved pericarp.

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  • HAVENED
    Sheltered in a haven. Blissful havened both from joy and pain. Keats.
  • THREE-SQUARE
    Having a cross section in the form of an equilateral triangle; -- said especially of a kind of file.
  • VALVE-SHELL
    Any fresh-water gastropod of the genus Valvata.
  • OPENNESS
    The quality or state of being open.
  • HAVENER
    A harbor master.
  • THREE-MILE
    Of or pertaining to three miles; as, the three-mile limit, or the limit of the marine belt of three miles included in territorial waters of a state.
  • CONSISTENTLY
    In a consistent manner.
  • THREE-PILE
    An old name for the finest and most costly kind of velvet, having a fine, thick pile. I have served Prince Florizel and in my time wore three-pile. Shak.
  • VALVAL; VALVAR
    Valvular.
  • THREE-DECKER
    A vessel of war carrying guns on three decks.
  • HAVELOCK
    A light cloth covering for the head and neck, used by soldiers as a protection from sunstroke.
  • THREE-SIDED
    Having three sides, especially three plane sides; as, a three- sided stem, leaf, petiole, peduncle, scape, or pericarp.
  • CONSIST
    1. To stand firm; to be in a fixed or permanent state, as a body composed of parts in union or connection; to hold together; to be; to exist; to subsist; to be supported and maintained. He is before all things, and by him all things consist. Col.
  • THREE-CORNERED
    Having three prominent longitudinal angles; as, a three- cornered stem. (more info) 1. Having three corners, or angles; as, a three-cornered hat.
  • OPEN SEA
    A sea open to all nations. See Mare clausum.
  • CONSISTORIAN
    Pertaining to a Presbyterian consistory; -- a contemptuous term of 17th century controversy. You fall next on the consistorian schismatics; for so you call Presbyterians. Milton.
  • THREE-PORT
    Having three ports; specif.: Designating a type of two-cycle internal-combustion engine in which the mixture enters the crank case through a port uncovered by the piston near the end of its stroke.
  • THREE-PLY
    Consisting of three distinct webs inwrought together in weaving, as cloth or carpeting; having three strands; threefold.
  • HAVE
    haven, habben, AS. habben ; akin to OS. hebbian, D. hebben, OFries, hebba, OHG. hab, G. haben, Icel. hafa, Sw. hafva, Dan. have, Goth. haban, and prob. to L. habere, whence F. 1. To hold in possession or control; to own; as, he has a farm. 2.
  • PERICARP
    The ripened ovary; the walls of the fruit. See Illusts. of Capsule, Drupe, and Legume.
  • INEQUIVALVE; INEQUIVALVULAR
    Having unequal valves, as the shell of an oyster.
  • PROPENE
    See PROPYLENE
  • PILOT VALVE
    A small hand-operated valve to admit liquid to operate a valve difficult to turn by hand.
  • MULTIVALVE; MULTIVALVULAR
    Many-valved; having more than two valves; -- said of certain shells, as the chitons. (more info) 1. Having many valves.
  • PROPENSE
    Leaning toward, in a moral sense; inclined; disposed; prone; as, women propense to holiness. Hooker. -- Pro*pense"ly, adv. -- Pro*pense"ness, n.
  • MISBEHAVE
    To behave ill; to conduct one's self improperly; -- often used with a reciprocal pronoun.

 

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