Word Meanings - HIEROGLYPHIC - Book Publishers vocabulary database

A sacred character; a character in picture writing, as of the ancient Egyptians, Mexicans, etc. Specifically, in the plural, the picture writing of the ancient Egyptian priests. It is made up of three, or, as some say, four classes of characters: first, the hieroglyphic proper, or figurative, in which the representation of the object conveys the idea of the object itself; second, the ideographic, consisting of symbols representing ideas, not sounds, as an ostrich feather is a symbol of truth; third, the phonetic, consisting of symbols employed as syllables of a word, or as letters of the alphabet, having a certain sound, as a hawk represented the vowel a.

• Objectivation
  Converting into an object.
• Symbolizer
  One who symbolizes.
• Picturesquish
  Somewhat picturesque.
• Three-leafed
  Alt. of Three-leaved
• Certainly
  Without doubt or question; unquestionably.
• Properispomena
  of Properispomenon
• Three-way
  Connected with, or serving to connect, three channels or pipes; as, a three-way cock or valve.
• Classes
  of Classis
• Representer
  One who shows, exhibits, or describes.
• Whichsoever
  Whether one or another; whether one or the other; which; that one (of two or more) which; as, whichever road you take, it will lead you to town.
• Employable
  Capable of being employed; capable of being used; fit or proper for use.
• Sacrific
  Alt. of Sacrifical
• FEATHERBRAINED
  Giddy; frivolous; feather-headed. [Colloq.]
• Featherness
  The state or condition of being feathery.
• Sacristan
  An officer of the church who has the care of the utensils or movables, and of the church in general; a sexton.
• IDEOGRAPHICIDEOGRAPHICAL
  Of or pertaining to an ideogram; representing ideas by symbols, independently of sounds; as, 9 represents not the word "nine," but the idea of the number itself. -- I`de*o*graph"ic*al*ly, adv.
• Havanese
  Of or pertaining to Havana, in Cuba.
• Second-class
  Of the rank or degree below the best highest; inferior; second-rate; as, a second-class house; a second-class passage.
• THREECOAT
  Having or consisting of three coats; -- applied to plastering which consists of pricking-up, floating, and a finishing coat; or, as called in the United States, a scratch coat, browning, and finishing coat.
• Hieroglyphical
  Emblematic; expressive of some meaning by characters, pictures, or figures; as, hieroglyphic writing; a hieroglyphic obelisk.

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