Word Meanings - TINNITUS - Book Publishers vocabulary database

A ringing, whistling, or other imaginary noise perceived in the ears; -- called also tinnitus aurium.

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• CALLOSUM
  The great band commissural fibers which unites the two cerebral hemispheres. See corpus callosum, under Carpus.
• 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 .
• RINGWORM
  A contagious affection of the skin due to the presence of a vegetable parasite, and forming ring-shaped discolored patches covered with vesicles or powdery scales. It occurs either on the body, the face, or the scalp. Different varieties
• CALLE
  A kind of head covering; a caul. Chaucer.
• OTHERGUISE; OTHERGUESS
  Of another kind or sort; in another way. "Otherguess arguments." Berkeley.
• RINGHEAD
  An instrument used for stretching woolen cloth.
• RINGLEADER
  1. The leader of a circle of dancers; hence, the leader of a number of persons acting together; the leader of a herd of animals. A primacy of order, such an one as the ringleader hath in a dance. Barrow. 2. Opprobriously, a leader of a body of
• CALLER
  1. Cool; refreshing; fresh; as, a caller day; the caller air. Jamieson. 2. Fresh; in good condition; as, caller berrings.
• RING ARMATURE
  An armature for a dynamo or motor having the conductors wound on a ring.
• CALL
  1. To speak in loud voice; to cry out; to address by name; -- sometimes with to. You must call to the nurse. Shak. The angel of God called to Hagar. Gen. xxi. 17. 2. To make a demand, requirement, or request. They called for rooms, and he showed
• RINGER
  A crowbar. Simmonds. (more info) 1. One who, or that which, rings; especially, one who rings chimes on bells.
• RINGTOSS
  A game in which the object is to toss a ring so that it will catch upon an upright stick.
• CALLIOPE
  The Muse that presides over eloquence and heroic poetry; mother of Orpheus, and chief of the nine Muses. (more info) beautiful) +
• RINGING
  a & n. from Ring, v. Ringing engine, a simple form of pile driver in which the monkey is lifted by men pulling on ropes.
• RINGBILL
  The ring-necked scaup duck; -- called also ring-billed blackhead. See Scaup.
• PERCEIVER
  One who perceives . Milton.
• CALLOT
  A plant coif or skullcap. Same as Calotte. B. Jonson.
• RING WINDING
  Armature winding in which the wire is wound round the outer and inner surfaces alternately of an annular or cylindrical core.
• PERCEIVE
  perceptum; per + capere to take, receive. See Capacious, 1. To obtain knowledge of through the senses; to receive impressions from by means of the bodily organs; to take cognizance of the existence, character, or identity of, by means of the
• CALLIGRAPHIC; CALLIGRAPHICAL
  Of or pertaining to calligraphy. Excellence in the calligraphic act. T. Warton.
• WRINGING
  a. & n. from Wring, v. Wringing machine, a wringer. See Wringer, 2.
• SYRINGOCOELE
  The central canal of the spinal cord. B. G. Wilder.
• NOTOTHERIUM
  An extinct genus of gigantic herbivorous marsupials, found in the Pliocene formation of Australia.
• NIGHT-FARING
  Going or traveling in the night. Gay.
• SUSURRINGLY
  In the manner of a whisper.
• WEATHERING
  The action of the elements on a rock in altering its color, texture, or composition, or in rounding off its edges.
• GYMNASTICALLY
  In a gymnastic manner.
• DISAPPEARING
  p. pr. & vb. n. of Disappear. Disappearing carriage , a carriage for heavy coast guns on which the gun is raised above the parapet for firing and upon discharge is lowered behind the parapet for protection. The standard type of disappearing
• GEER; GEERING
  See GEARING
• PORRINGER
  A porridge dish; esp., a bowl or cup from which children eat or are fed; as, a silver porringer. Wordsworth.
• NAVEL-STRING
  The umbilical cord.
• HYPERCRITICALLY
  In a hypercritical manner.
• UNEMPIRICALLY
  Not empirically; without experiment or experience.
• SCALLION
  A kind of small onion , native of Palestine; the eschalot, or shallot. 2. Any onion which does not "bottom out," but remains with a thick stem like a leek. Amer. Cyc.
• TWITTERING
  1. The act of one who, or that which, twitters. 2. A slight nervous excitement or agitation, such as is caused by desire, expectation, or suspense. A widow, who had a twittering towards a second husband, took a gossiping companion to manage the