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 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 wordbook noun A collection of words; a vocabulary; a dictionary; a lexicon. wordless adjective Not using words; not speaking; silent; speechless. wordsman noun One who deals in words, or in mere words; a verbalist. workable adjective Capable of being worked, or worth working; as, a workable mine; workable clay. … Read more
Words Parts of Speech Meaning/Definition/Similar Words wrapping present participle & vb. noun of Wrap wrappage noun The act of wrapping., That which wraps; envelope; covering.
Words Parts of Speech Meaning/Definition/Similar Words xanthate noun A salt of xanthic; a xanthogenate. xanthian adjective Of or pertaining to Xanthus, an ancient town on Asia Minor; — applied especially to certain marbles found near that place, and now in the British Museum. xanthide noun A compound or derivative of xanthogen. xanthium noun A genus … Read more
Words Parts of Speech Meaning/Definition/Similar Words xiphioid adjective Of, pertaining to, or resembling, a cetacean of the genus Xiphius or family Xiphiidae. xiphodon noun An extinct genus of artiodactylous mammals found in the European Tertiary formations. It had slender legs, didactylous feet, and small canine teeth.
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 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 youngger noun One who is younger; an inferior in age; a junior. youngish adjective Somewhat young. yourself pronoun An emphasized or reflexive form of the pronoun of the second person; — used as a subject commonly with you; as, you yourself shall see it; also, alone in the predicate, … Read more
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