Word Meanings - WANDERING - Book Publishers vocabulary database

a. & n. from Wander, v. Wandering albatross , the great white albatross. See Illust. of Albatross. -- Wandering cell , an animal cell which possesses the power of spontaneous movement, as one of the white corpuscles of the blood. -- Wandering

Additional info about word: WANDERING

a. & n. from Wander, v. Wandering albatross , the great white albatross. See Illust. of Albatross. -- Wandering cell , an animal cell which possesses the power of spontaneous movement, as one of the white corpuscles of the blood. -- Wandering Jew , any one of several creeping species of Tradescantia, which have alternate, pointed leaves, and a soft, herbaceous stem which roots freely at the joints. They are commonly cultivated in hanging baskets, window boxes, etc. -- Wandering kidney , a morbid condition in which one kidney, or, rarely, both kidneys, can be moved in certain directions; -- called also floating kidney, movable kidney. -- Wandering liver , a morbid condition of the liver, similar to wandering kidney. -- Wandering mouse , the whitefooted, or deer, mouse. See Illust. of Mouse. -- Wandering spider , any one of a tribe of spiders that wander about in search of their prey.

Possible synonyms: (Same meaning words of WANDERING)

• Aberrant
• Erratic
• devious
• divergent
• incontinuous
• desultory
• disconnected
• wandering
• idiotic
• inconsistent
• inconsecutive
• abnormal
• exceptional
• Aberration
• Wandering
• divergence
• deviation
• desultoriness
• rambling
• disconnectedness
• hallucination
• inconsecutiveness
• idiocy
• insanity
• exception
• abnormity
• Astray
• Loose
• abroad
• missing
• about
• at large
• wrong
• erring
• Erring
• Misguided
• misled
• sinful
• Itinerant
• travelling
• locomotive
• roving
• roaming
• journeying
• nomadic

Possible antonyms: (opposite words of WANDERING)

• Tie
• fasten
• hold
• retain

Related words: (words related to WANDERING)

• MISGUIDE
  Misguidance; error. Spenser.
• JOURNEYWORK
  Originally, work done by the day; work done by a journeyman at his trade.
• ERRABLENESS
  Liability to error. Dr. H. More.
• ERRHINE
  A medicine designed to be snuffed up the nose, to promote discharges of mucus; a sternutatory. Coxe. -- a.
• MISSEL
  Mistletoe. Missel bird, Missel thrush , a large European thrush which feeds on the berries of the mistletoe; -- called also mistletoe thrush and missel.
• ROVINGLY
  In a wandering manner.
• MISSIFICATE
  To perform Mass. Milton.
• MISLIKE
  Dislike; disapprobation; aversion.
• MISSTAYED
  Having missed stays; -- said of a ship.
• MISLIN
  See MASLIN
• MISSILE
  A weapon thrown or projected or intended to be projcted, as a lance, an arrow, or a bullet.
• WANDERMENT
  The act of wandering, or roaming. Bp. Hall.
• ERRANTRY
  1. A wandering; a roving; esp., a roving in quest of adventures. Addison. 2. The employment of a knight-errant. Johnson.
• RETAINMENT
  The act of retaining; retention. Dr. H. More.
• MISSPEND
  To spend amiss or for wrong purposes; to aquander; to waste; as, to misspend time or money. J. Philips.
• DISCONNECT
  To dissolve the union or connection of; to disunite; to sever; to separate; to disperse. The commonwealth itself would . . . be disconnected into the dust and powder of individuality. Burke. This restriction disconnects bank paper and the precious
• WRONGOUS
  Not right; illegal; as, wrongous imprisonment. Craig. (more info) 1. Constituting, or of the nature of, a wrong; unjust; wrongful.
• EXCEPTIONER
  One who takes exceptions or makes objections. Milton.
• RAMBLE
  A bed of shale over the seam. Raymond. (more info) 1. A going or moving from place to place without any determinate business or object; an excursion or stroll merely for recreation. Coming home, after a short Christians ramble. Swift. 2. Etym:
• MISSAY
  1. To say wrongly. 2. To speak evil of; to slander.
• PROVERBIAL
  1. Mentioned or comprised in a proverb; used as a proverb; hence, commonly known; as, a proverbial expression; his meanness was proverbial. In case of excesses, I take the German proverbial cure, by a hair of the same beast, to be the worst. Sir
• PROVENTRIULUS
  The glandular stomach of birds, situated just above the crop.
• COMMISSARY
  An officer on the bishop, who exercises ecclesiastical jurisdiction in parts of the diocese at a distance from the residence of the bishop. Ayliffe. An officer having charge of a special sevice; as, the commissary of musters. An officer
• CONTROVERSER
  A disputant.
• DISAPPROVAL
  Disapprobation; dislike; censure; adverse judgment.
• ABERRATE
  To go astray; to diverge. Their own defective and aberrating vision. De Quincey.
• SCRAMBLING
  Confused and irregular; awkward; scambling. -- Scram"bling*ly, adv. A huge old scrambling bedroom. Sir W. Scott.
• DISMISSIVE
  Giving dismission.
• SUPERREFLECTION
  The reflection of a reflected image or sound. Bacon.
• VERRUGAS
  An endemic disease occurring in the Andes in Peru, characterized by warty tumors which ulcerate and bleed. It is probably due to a special bacillus, and is often fatal.
• SERR
  To crowd, press, or drive together. Bacon.
• PROMISSORILY
  In a promissory manner. Sir T. Browne.
• REMISS
  Not energetic or exact in duty or business; not careful or prompt in fulfilling engagements; negligent; careless; tardy; behindhand; lagging; slack; hence, lacking earnestness or activity; languid; slow. Thou never wast remiss, I bear thee witness.
• CORROVAL
  A dark brown substance of vegetable origin, allied to curare, and used by the natives of New Granada as an arrow poison.
• TERRESTRIFY
  To convert or reduce into a condition like that of the earth; to make earthy. Sir T. Browne.
• REMISSLY
  In a remiss or negligent manner; carelessly.
• INERRABLE
  Incapable of erring; infallible; unerring. "Inerabble and requisite conditions." Sir T. Browne. "Not an inerrable text." Gladstone.
• APPROVEDLY
  So as to secure approbation; in an approved manner.
• SUPERROYAL
  Larger than royal; -- said of a particular size of printing and writing paper. See the Note under Paper, n.