Word Meanings - LYDDITE - Book Publishers vocabulary database

A high explosive consisting principally of picric acid, used as a shell explosive in the British service; -- so named from the proving grounds at Lydd, England.

• PROVENIENT
  Forthcoming; issuing. [Rare]
• Explosively
  In an explosive manner.
• Provence rose
  The cabbage rose (Rosa centifolia).
• Providing
  of Provide
• Provincialize
  To render provincial.
• Provocation
  The act of provoking, or causing vexation or, anger.
• Shelling
  of Shell
• SERVICESERVICE
  A name given to several trees and shrubs of the genus Pyrus, as Pyrus domestica and P. torminalis of Europe, the various species of mountain ash or rowan tree, and the American shad bush (see Shad bush, under Shad). They have clusters of small, edible,
• Groundsel
  An annual composite plant (Senecio vulgaris), one of the most common and widely distributed weeds on the globe.
• Provencial
  Of or pertaining to Provence in France.
• Provide
  To look out for in advance; to procure beforehand; to get, collect, or make ready for future use; to prepare.
• Provincially
  In a provincial manner.
• Provocative
  Serving or tending to provoke, excite, or stimulate; exciting.
• Shell-lac
  Alt. of Shellac
• British
  Of or pertaining to Great Britain or to its inhabitants; -- sometimes restricted to the original inhabitants.
• SERVICECAPSERVICEHAT
  A cap or hat worn by officers or enlisted men when full-dress uniform, or dress uniform, is not worn. In the United States army the service cap is round, about 3½ inches high, flat-topped, with a visor. The service hat is of soft felt of khaki color,
• Groundsill
  See Ground plate (a), under Ground
• Principally
  In a principal manner; primarily; above all; chiefly; mainly.

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