Word Meanings - GOURA - Book Publishers vocabulary database

One of several species of large, crested ground pigeons of the genus Goura, inhabiting New Guinea and adjacent islands. The Queen Victoria pigeon (Goura Victoria) and the crowned pigeon (G. coronata) are among the beat known species.

• Queenhood
  The state, personality, or character of a queen; queenliness.
• CROWNIMPERIAL
  A spring-blooming plant (Fritillaria imperialis) of the Lily family, having at the top of the stalk a cluster of pendent bell- shaped flowers surmounted with a tuft of green leaves.
• PIGEONLIVERED
  Pigeon-hearted.
• Crown-imperial
  A spring-blooming plant (Fritillaria imperialis) of the Lily family, having at the top of the stalk a cluster of pendent bell-shaped flowers surmounted with a tuft of green leaves.
• Groundage
  A local tax paid by a ship for the ground or space it occupies while in port.
• Inhabitancy
  The act of inhabiting, or the state of being inhabited; the condition of an inhabitant; residence; occupancy.
• Largesse
  Liberality; generosity; bounty.
• Queenliness
  The quality of being queenly; the; characteristic of a queen; stateliness; eminence among women in attractions or power.
• CROWNLAND
  In Austria-Hungary, one of the provinces, or largest administrative divisions of the monarchy; as, the crownland of Lower Austria.
• QUEENOLIVE
  Properly, a kind of superior olive grown in the region of Seville, Spain. It is large size and oblong shape with a small but long pit; it is cured when green, keeps well, and has a delicate flavor. Loosely, any olive of similar character.
• Crownless
  Without a crown.
• Groundedly
  In a grounded or firmly established manner.
• Inhabitant
  One who dwells or resides permanently in a place, as distinguished from a transient lodger or visitor; as, an inhabitant of a house, a town, a city, county, or state.
• Queenly
  Like, becoming, or suitable to, a queen.
• CROWNOFFICE
  The criminal branch of the Court of King's or Queen's Bench, commonly called the crown side of the court, which takes cognizance of all criminal cases. Burrill.
• QUEENPOST
  One of two suspending posts in a roof truss, or other framed truss of similar form. See King-post.
• Adjacent
  Lying near, close, or contiguous; neighboring; bordering on; as, a field adjacent to the highway.
• Crownlet
  A coronet.
• Grounden
  p. p. of Grind.

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