Luis A. Waller Words Parts of Speech Meaning/Definition/Similar Words zealless adjective Wanting zeal. zealotry noun The character and behavior of a zealot; excess of zeal; fanatical devotion to a cause. zemindar noun Same as Zamindar. zenithal adjective Of or pertaining to the zenith. zeolitic adjective Of or pertaining to a zeolite; consisting of, or resembling, a zeolite. zephyrus … Read more
Words Parts of Speech Meaning/Definition/Similar Words yachting noun Sailing for pleasure in a yacht. yachtman noun See Yachtsman. yakamilk noun See Trumpeter, 3 (a). yardfuls plural of Yardful yardland noun A measure of land of uncertain quantity, varying from fifteen to forty acres; a virgate. yardwand noun A yardstick. yataghan noun A long knife, or … Read more
Words Parts of Speech Meaning/Definition/Similar Words wenching present participle & vb. noun of Wench
Words Parts of Speech Meaning/Definition/Similar Words zamindar noun A landowner; also, a collector of land revenue; now, usually, a kind of feudatory recognized as an actual proprietor so long as he pays to the government a certain fixed revenue. zampogna noun A sort of bagpipe formerly in use among Italian peasants. It is now almost … Read more
Words Parts of Speech Meaning/Definition/Similar Words zigzaggy adjective Having sharp turns. zincking present participle & vb. noun of Zinc, Alt. of Zincing ziphioid noun See Xiphioid. zirconia noun The oxide of zirconium, obtained as a white powder, and possessing both acid and basic properties. On account of its infusibility, and brilliant luminosity when incandescent, it … Read more
Words Parts of Speech Meaning/Definition/Similar Words accedence noun The act of acceding. accension noun The act of kindling or the state of being kindled; ignition. accenting present participle & vb. noun of Accent accentual adjective Of or pertaining to accent; characterized or formed by accent. accepting present participle & vb. noun of Accept acceptant adjective … Read more
Words Parts of Speech Meaning/Definition/Similar Words wodegeld noun A geld, or payment, for wood. woefully adverb Alt. of Wofully wolffian adjective Discovered, or first described, by Caspar Friedrich Wolff (1733-1794), the founder of modern embryology. wolfling noun A young wolf. womanish adjective Suitable to a woman, having the qualities of a woman; effeminate; not becoming … Read more
Words Parts of Speech Meaning/Definition/Similar Words adansonia noun A genus of great trees related to the Bombax. There are two species, A. digitata, the baobab or monkey-bread of Africa and India, and A. Gregorii, the sour gourd or cream-of-tartar tree of Australia. Both have a trunk of moderate height, but of enormous diameter, and a … Read more
Words Parts of Speech Meaning/Definition/Similar Words yardfuls plural of Yardful yardland noun A measure of land of uncertain quantity, varying from fifteen to forty acres; a virgate. yardwand noun A yardstick.
Words Parts of Speech Meaning/Definition/Similar Words whate’er pronoun A contraction of what-ever; — used in poetry. whatever pronoun Anything soever which; the thing or things of any kind; being this or that; of one nature or another; one thing or another; anything that may be; all that; the whole that; all particulars that; — used … Read more