Word Meanings - ASTEROPE - Book Publishers vocabulary database

One of the Pleiades; -- called also Sterope. 2. (Astron.) A double star in the Pleiades (21 k and 22 l Pleiadum, of the 5.8 and 6.4 magnitude respectively), appearing as a single star of the 5.3 magnitude to the naked eye.

• Callyciflorous
  Having the petals and stamens adnate to the calyx; -- applied to a subclass of dicotyledonous plants in the system of the French botanist Candolle.
• Double-entendre
  A word or expression admitting of a double interpretation, one of which is often obscure or indelicate.
• Doublet
  Two of the same kind; a pair; a couple.
• Single
  One only, as distinguished from more than one; consisting of one alone; individual; separate; as, a single star.
• DOUBLEACTING
  Acting or operating in two directions or with both motions; producing a twofold result; as, a double-acting engine or pump.
• DOUBLEHUNG
  Having both sashes hung with weights and cords; -- said of a window.
• SINGLEMINDED
  Having a single purpose; hence, artless; guileless; single- hearted.
• Callipee
  See Calipee.
• Callipers
  See Calipers.
• Double
  Twofold; multiplied by two; increased by its equivalent; made twice as large or as much, etc.
• Double-eyed
  Having a deceitful look.
• Doublethreaded
  Consisting of two threads twisted together; using two threads.
• Singled
  of Single
• DOUBLEBANK
  To row by rowers sitting side by side in twos on a bank or thwart. To double-bank an oar, to set two men to pulling one oar.
• DOUBLELOCK
  To lock with two bolts; to fasten with double security. Tatler.
• SINGLESURFACED
  Having one surface; -- said specif. of aëroplanes or aërocurves that are covered with fabric, etc., on only one side.
• Callisection
  Painless vivisection; -- opposed to sentisection.
• Doubled
  of Double

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