Word Meanings - CAUSTICILY - Book Publishers vocabulary database
The quality of being caustic; corrosiveness; as, the causticity of potash.
- Bearberry
A trailing plant of the heath family (Arctostaphylos uva-ursi), having leaves which are tonic and astringent, and glossy red berries of which bears are said to be fond. - Betide
To happen to; to befall; to come to ; as, woe betide the wanderer. - Belletristic
Alt. of Belletristical - Bedbug
A wingless, bloodsucking, hemipterous insect (Cimex Lectularius), sometimes infesting houses and especially beds. See Illustration in Appendix. - Potash
The hydroxide of potassium hydrate, a hard white brittle substance, KOH, having strong caustic and alkaline properties; -- hence called also caustic potash. - Benedictional
A book of benedictions. - Beetle brow
An overhanging brow. - Bergamot
A tree of the Orange family (Citrus bergamia), having a roundish or pear-shaped fruit, from the rind of which an essential oil of delicious odor is extracted, much prized as a perfume. Also, the fruit. - Beholden
of Behold - Bespatter
To soil by spattering; to sprinkle, esp. with dirty water, mud, or anything which will leave foul spots or stains. - Bear's-breech
See Acanthus, n., 1. - Betrayed
of Betray - Bell jar
A glass vessel, varying in size, open at the bottom and closed at the top like a bell, and having a knob or handle at the top for lifting it. It is used for a great variety of purposes; as, with the air pump, and for holding gases, also for keepin - Bedeviling
of Bedevil - BEARSFOOT
A species of hellebore (Helleborus foetidus), with digitate leaves. It has an offensive smell and acrid taste, and is a powerful emetic, cathartic, and anthelmintic. - Beneficently
In a beneficent manner; with beneficence. - Befittingly
In a befitting manner; suitably. - Berm
Alt. of Berme - Bejade
To jade or tire. - Bespitting
of Bespit
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