Word Meanings - TOMOPTERIS - Book Publishers vocabulary database
A genus of transparent marine annelids which swim actively at the surface of the sea. They have deeply divided or forked finlike organs . This genus is the type of the order, or suborder, Gymnocopa.
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- MARINE
Formed by the action of the currents or waves of the sea; as, marine deposits. Marine acid , hydrochloric acid. -- Marine barometer. See under Barometer. -- Marine corps, a corps formed of the officers, noncommissioned officers, privates, and - FORK
1. An instrument consisting consisting of a handle with a shank terminating in two or more prongs or tines, which are usually of metal, parallel and slightly curved; -- used from piercing, holding, taking up, or pitching anything. 2. - DIVIDER
An instrument for dividing lines, describing circles, etc., compasses. See Compasses. Note: The word dividers is usually applied to the instrument as made for the use of draughtsmen, etc.; compasses to the coarser instrument used by carpenters. - TRANSPARENT
transparere to be transparent; L. trans across, through + parere to 1. Having the property of transmitting rays of light, so that bodies can be distinctly seen through; pervious to light; diaphanous; pellucid; as, transparent glass; a transparent - DIVIDEND
A number or quantity which is to be divided. (more info) 1. A sum of money to be divided and distributed; the share of a sum divided that falls to each individual; a distribute sum, share, or percentage; -- applied to the profits as appropriated - SURFACE LOADING
The weight supported per square unit of surface; the quotient obtained by dividing the gross weight, in pounds, of a fully loaded flying machine, by the total area, in square feet, of its supporting surface. - FORKTAIL
One of several Asiatic and East Indian passerine birds, belonging to Enucurus, and allied genera. The tail is deeply forking. A salmon in its fourth year's growth. - FORKLESS
Having no fork. - FORKBEARD
A European fish , having a large flat head; -- also called tadpole fish, and lesser forked beard. The European forked hake or hake's-dame ; -- also called great forked beard. - WHICHEVER; WHICHSOEVER
Whether one or another; whether one or the other; which; that one which; as, whichever road you take, it will lead you to town. - DIVIDUOUS
Divided; dividual. He so often substantiates distinctions into dividuous, selfsubsistent. Coleridge. - ORDERLY
1. Conformed to order; in order; regular; as, an orderly course or plan. Milton. 2. Observant of order, authority, or rule; hence, obedient; quiet; peaceable; not unruly; as, orderly children; an orderly community. 3. Performed in good - WHICH
the root of hwa who + lic body; hence properly, of what sort or kind; akin to OS. hwilik which, OFries. hwelik, D. welk, G. welch, OHG. welih, hwelih, Icel. hvilikr, Dan. & Sw. hvilken, Goth. hwileiks, 1. Of what sort or kind; what; what a; who. - DIVIDEDLY
Separately; in a divided manner. - SURFACE TENSION
That property, due to molecular forces, which exists in the surface film of all liquids and tends to bring the contained volume into a form having the least superficial area. The thickness of this film, amounting to less than a thousandth - DIVIDINGLY
By division. - DIVIDED
Cut into distinct parts, by incisions which reach the midrib; - - said of a leaf. (more info) 1. Parted; disunited; distributed. - DIVIDUALLY
By dividing. - DIVIDUAL
Divided, shared, or participated in, in common with others. Milton. - FORKY
Opening into two or more parts or shoots; forked; furcated. "Forky tongues." Pope. - DUNGFORK
A fork for tossing dung. - SUBINDIVIDUAL
A division of that which is individual. An individual can not branch itself into subindividuals. Milton. - IMBORDER
To furnish or inclose with a border; to form a border of. Milton. - PITCHFORK
A fork, or farming utensil, used in pitching hay, sheaves of grain, or the like. - MISORDER
To order ill; to manage erroneously; to conduct badly. Shak. - INDIVIDUALIZER
One who individualizes. - SUBDIVIDE
To divide the parts of into more parts; to part into smaller divisions; to divide again, as what has already been divided. The progenies of Cham and Japhet swarmed into colonies, and those colonies were subdivided into many others. Dryden. - SUBGENUS
A subdivision of a genus, comprising one or more species which differ from other species of the genus in some important character or characters; as, the azaleas now constitute a subgenus of Rhododendron. - ACCORDER
One who accords, assents, or concedes. - BIFORKED
Bifurcate.