Word Meanings - DARLINGTONIA - Book Publishers vocabulary database

A genus of California pitcher plants consisting of a single species. The long tubular leaves are hooded at the top, and frequently contain many insects drowned in the secretion of the leaves.

• Hoodless
  Having no hood.
• Single-acting
  Having simplicity of action; especially (Mach.), acting or exerting force during strokes in one direction only; -- said of a reciprocating engine, pump, etc.
• Tubularian
  Any hydroid belonging to the suborder Tubularida.
• Containable
  Capable of being contained or comprised.
• Hoodlum
  A young rowdy; a rough, lawless fellow.
• Single-breasted
  Lapping over the breast only far enough to permit of buttoning, and having buttons on one edge only; as, a single-breasted coast.
• Tubularida
  An extensive division of Hydroidea; the tubularians; -- called also Athecata, Gymnoblastea, and Tubulariae.
• Californian
  Of or pertaining to California.
• Containant
  A container.
• Hoodman
  The person blindfolded in the game called hoodman-blind.
• Single-foot
  An irregular gait of a horse; -- called also single-footed pace. See Single, v. i.
• CALIFORNIAJACK
  A game at cards, a modification of seven-up, or all fours.
• Consisted
  of Consist
• Container
  One who, or that which, contains.
• Hoodman-blind
  An old term for blindman's buff.
• Single-handed
  Having but one hand, or one workman; also, alone; unassisted.
• HOODMANBLIND
  An old term for blindman's buff. Shak.
• Consisting
  of Consist
• Containment
  That which is contained; the extent; the substance.

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