Word Meanings - BRUSHTURKEY - Book Publishers vocabulary database

A large, edible, gregarious bird of Australia (Talegalla Lathami) of the family Megapodidæ. Also applied to several allied species of New Guinea. Note: The brush turkeys live in the "brush," and construct a common nest by collecting a large heap of decaying vegetable matter, which generates heat sufficient to hatch the numerous eggs (sometimes half a bushel) deposited in it by the females of the flock.

• Hatchettite
  Mineral t/ low; a waxy or spermaceti-like substance, commonly of a greenish yellow color.
• Application
  The act of applying or laying on, in a literal sense; as, the application of emollients to a diseased limb.
• Matterless
  Not being, or having, matter; as, matterless spirits.
• Brush turkey
  A large, edible, gregarious bird of Australia (Talegalla Lathami) of the family Megapodidae. Also applied to several allied species of New Guinea.
• Vegetable
  Of or pertaining to plants; having the nature of, or produced by, plants; as, a vegetable nature; vegetable growths, juices, etc.
• Collective
  Formed by gathering or collecting; gathered into a mass, sum, or body; congregated or aggregated; as, the collective body of a nation.
• LARGEHEARTED
  Having a large or generous heart or disposition; noble; liberal. -- Large"-heart`ed*ness, n.
• Commonitive
  Monitory.
• Constructional
  Pertaining to, or deduced from, construction or interpretation.
• Deposition
  The act of depositing or deposing; the act of laying down or thrown down; precipitation.
• Gregarious
  Habitually living or moving in flocks or herds; tending to flock or herd together; not habitually solitary or living alone.
• Allineation
  Alt. of Alineation
• Hatchment
  A sort of panel, upon which the arms of a deceased person are temporarily displayed, -- usually on the walls of his dwelling. It is lozenge-shaped or square, but is hung cornerwise. It is used in England as a means of giving public notification of
• Applicative
  Capable of being applied or used; applying; applicatory; practical.
• Matter-of-fact
  Adhering to facts; not turning aside from absolute realities; not fanciful or imaginative; commonplace; dry.
• Brush wheel
  A wheel without teeth, used to turn a similar one by the friction of bristles or something brushlike or soft attached to the circumference.
• Collectively
  In a mass, or body; in a collected state; in the aggregate; unitedly.
• MATTEROFFACT
  Adhering to facts; not turning aside from absolute realities; not fanciful or imaginative; commonplace; dry.
• Commonitory
  Calling to mind; giving admonition.

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