Word Meanings - UNDERGROAN - Book Publishers vocabulary database

To groan beneath. Earth undergroaned their high-raised feet. Chapman.

Related words: (words related to UNDERGROAN)

• EARTHLY-MINDED
  Having a mind devoted to earthly things; worldly-minded; -- opposed to spiritual-minded. -- Earth"ly-mind`ed*ness, n.
• EARTH FLAX
  A variety of asbestus. See Amianthus.
• EARTHDIN
  An earthquake.
• RAISE
  To create or constitute; as, to raise a use that is, to create it. Burrill. To raise a blockade , to remove or break up a blockade, either by withdrawing the ships or forces employed in enforcing it, or by driving them away or dispersing them.
• RAISED
  1. Lifted up; showing above the surroundings; as, raised or embossed metal work. 2. Leavened; made with leaven, or yeast; -- used of bread, cake, etc., as distinguished from that made with cream of tartar, soda, etc. See Raise, v. t., 4. Raised
• EARTHSTAR
  A curious fungus of the genus Geaster, in which the outer coating splits into the shape of a star, and the inner one forms a ball containing the dustlike spores.
• EARTHBRED
  Low; grovelling; vulgar.
• RAIS
  See REIS
• EARTHBANK
  A bank or mound of earth.
• EARTHQUAVE
  An earthquake.
• UNDERGROAN
  To groan beneath. Earth undergroaned their high-raised feet. Chapman.
• RAISING
  1. The act of lifting, setting up, elevating, exalting, producing, or restoring to life. 2. Specifically, the operation or work of setting up the frame of a building; as, to help at a raising. 3. The operation of embossing sheet metal,
• EARTHDRAKE
  A mythical monster of the early Anglo-Saxon literature; a dragon. W. Spalding.
• EARTHNUT
  A name given to various roots, tubers, or pods grown under or on the ground; as to: The esculent tubers of the umbelliferous plants Bunium flexuosum and Carum Bulbocastanum. The peanut. See Peanut.
• EARTHEN
  Made of earth; made of burnt or baked clay, or other like substances; as, an earthen vessel or pipe.
• BENEATH
  1. Lower in place, with something directly over or on; under; underneath; hence, at the foot of. "Beneath the mount." Ex. xxxii.
• EARTH SHINE
  See EARTH
• EARTHMAD
  The earthworm. The earthmads and all the sorts of worms . . . are without eyes. Holland.
• EARTHEN-HEARTED
  Hard-hearted; sordid; gross. Lowell.
• RAISER
  One who, or that which, raises .
• APPRAISER
  One who appraises; esp., a person appointed and sworn to estimate and fix the value of goods or estates.
• LIVRAISON
  A part of a book or literary composition printed and delivered by itself; a number; a part.
• HEBRAIST
  One versed in the Hebrew language and learning.
• MISRAISE
  To raise or exite unreasonable. "Misraised fury." Bp. Hall.
• PRAISEWORTHINESS
  The quality or state of being praiseworthy.
• UNEARTHLY
  Not terrestrial; supernatural; preternatural; hence, weird; appalling; terrific; as, an unearthly sight or sound. -- Un*earth"li*ness, n.
• KARAISM
  Doctrines of the Karaites.
• FRAISE
  A large and thick pancake, with slices of bacon in it. Johnson.
• OVERPRAISING
  The act of praising unduly; excessive praise. Milton.
• ULTRAISM
  The principles of those who advocate extreme measures, as radical reform, and the like. Dr. H. More.
• PRAISER
  1. One who praises. "Praisers of men." Sir P. Sidney. 2. An appraiser; a valuator. Sir T. North.