Word Meanings - WASTREL - Book Publishers vocabulary database

1. Any waste thing or substance; as: Waste land or common land. Carew. A profligate. A neglected child; a street Arab. 2. Anything cast away as bad or useless, as imperfect bricks, china, etc.

Related words: (words related to WASTREL)

• CHILDSHIP
  The state or relation of being a child.
• THINKING
  Having the faculty of thought; cogitative; capable of a regular train of ideas; as, man is a thinking being. -- Think"ing*ly, adv.
• THICKENING
  Something put into a liquid or mass to make it thicker.
• THIRSTILY
  In a thirsty manner.
• THEBAIC
  Of or pertaining to Thebes in Egypt; specifically, designating a version of the Bible preserved by the Copts, and esteemed of great value by biblical scholars. This version is also called the Sahidic version.
• THERMALLY
  In a thermal manner.
• THORN-HEADED
  Having a head armed with thorns or spines. Thorn-headed worm , any worm of the order Acanthocephala; -- called also thornhead.
• THRASH; THRESH
  derschen, G. dreschen, OHG. dreskan, Icel. , Sw. tröska, Dan. tærske, Goth. , Lith. traszketi to rattle, Russ. treskate to burst, crackle, 1. To beat out grain from, as straw or husks; to beat the straw or husk of with a flail; to beat off,
• THEBAN
  Of or pertaining to Thebes. Theban year , the Egyptian year of 365 days and 6 hours. J. Bryant.
• THREE-SQUARE
  Having a cross section in the form of an equilateral triangle; -- said especially of a kind of file.
• THIN
  thenne, thunne, AS. þynne; akin to D. dun, G. dünn, OHG. dunni, Icel. þunnr, Sw. tunn, Dan. tynd, Gael. & Ir. tana, W. teneu, L. tenuis, Gr. tanu thin, slender; also to AS. to extend, G. dehnen, Icel. , Goth. , L. tendere to stretch, tenere
• THERMOPHILIC
  Heat-loving; -- applied esp. to certain bacteria.
• THERMOTAXIC
  Pertaining to, or connected with, the regulation of temperature in the animal body; as, the thermotaxic nervous system.
• THRYFALLOW
  To plow for the third time in summer; to trifallow. Tusser.
• THALIAN
  Of or pertaining to Thalia; hence, of or pertaining to comedy; comic.
• THEM
  The objective case of they. See They. Go ye rather to them that sell, and buy for yourselves. Matt. xxv. 9. Then shall the King say unto them on his right hand, Come, ye blessed of my Father. Matt. xxv. 34. Note: Them is poetically used
• THYROIDEAL
  Thyroid.
• THORNBUT
  The turbot.
• THOMAS PHOSPHATE; THOMAS SLAG
  See ABOVE
• THELYTOKOUS
  Producing females only; -- said of certain female insects.
• LETHARGIC; LETHARGICAL
  Pertaining to, affected with, or resembling, lethargy; morbidly drowsy; dull; heavy. -- Le*thar"gic*al*ly, v. -- Le*thar"gic*al*ness, n. -- Le*thar"gic*ness, n.
• ANTHEMIS
  Chamomile; a genus of composite, herbaceous plants.
• AETHER
  See ETHER
• POSTHUME; POSTHUMED
  Posthumos. I. Watts. Fuller.
• PROGNATHIC
  Prognathous.
• BREATHE
  Etym: 1. To respire; to inhale and exhale air; hence;, to live. "I am in health, I breathe." Shak. Breathes there a man with soul so dead Sir W. Scott. 2. To take breath; to rest from action. Well! breathe awhile, and then to it again! Shak. 3.
• TETHYDAN
  A tunicate.
• PANTHER
  A large dark-colored variety of the leopard, by some zoölogists considered a distinct species. It is marked with large ringlike spots, the centers of which are darker than the color of the body.
• FORTHPUTING
  Bold; forward; aggressive.
• WARMTH
  The glowing effect which arises from the use of warm colors; hence, any similar appearance or effect in a painting, or work of color. Syn. -- Zeal; ardor; fervor; fervency; heat; glow; earnestness; cordiality; animation; eagerness; excitement;
• ALKALI WASTE
  Waste material from the manufacture of alkali; specif., soda waste.
• DESMOGNATHOUS
  Having the maxillo-palatine bones united; -- applied to a group of carinate birds , including various wading and swimming birds, as the ducks and herons, and also raptorial and other kinds.
• PARENTHETIC; PARENTHETICAL
  1. Of the nature of a parenthesis; pertaining to, or expressed in, or as in, a parenthesis; as, a parenthetical clause; a parenthetic remark. A parenthetical observation of Moses himself. Hales. 2. Using or containing parentheses.
• NOTOTHERIUM
  An extinct genus of gigantic herbivorous marsupials, found in the Pliocene formation of Australia.