Word Meanings - TIGERISH - Book Publishers vocabulary database

Like a tiger; tigrish.

TIGERINE
Tigerish; tigrine.
TIGER-FOOTED
Hastening to devour; furious.
TIGER-FOOT
See TIGER'S-FOOT
TIGER
probably of Persian origin; cf. Zend tighra pointed, tighri an arrow, Per. tir; perhaps akin to E. stick, v.t.; -- probably so named from 1. A very large and powerful carnivore native of Southern Asia and the East Indies. Its back and sides are
TIGER'S-FOOT
A name given to some species of morning-glory having the leaves lobed in pedate fashion.
TIGERISH
Like a tiger; tigrish.
TIGER-EYE
A siliceous stone of a yellow color and chatoyant luster, obtained in South Africa and much used for ornament. It is an altered form of the mineral crocidolite. See Crocidolite.
TIGRISH
Resembling a tiger; tigerish.
SCUTIGER
Any species of chilopod myriapods of the genus Scutigera. They sometimes enter buildings and prey upon insects.
DENTIGEROUS
Bearing teeth or toothlike structures.
SETIGEROUS
Covered with bristles; having or bearing a seta or setæ; setiferous; as, setigerous glands; a setigerous segment of an annelid; specifically , tipped with a bristle.
WATER TIGER
A diving, or water, beetle, especially the larva of a water beetle. See Illust. b of Water beetle.
SETIGER
An annelid having setæ; a chætopod.