Word Meanings - MASTODYNIAMASTODYNY - Book Publishers vocabulary database

Pain occuring in the mamma or female breast, -- a form of neuralgia.

• Breastplow
  Alt. of Breastplough
• Mammaliferous
  Containing mammalian remains; -- said of certain strata.
• FEMALEFERN
  a common species of fern with large decompound fronds (Asplenium Filixfæmina), growing in many countries; lady fern. Note: The names male fern and female fern were anciently given to two common ferns; but it is now understood that neither has any sexua
• Breastplough
  A kind of plow, driven by the breast of the workman; -- used to cut or pare turf.
• Mammalogical
  Of or pertaining to mammalogy.
• FEMALERHYMES
  double rhymes, or rhymes (called in French feminine rhymes because they end in e weak, or feminine) in which two syllables, an accented and an unaccented one, correspond at the end of each line. Note: A rhyme, in which the final syllables only agree (st
• Breastrail
  The upper rail of any parapet of ordinary height, as of a balcony; the railing of a quarter-deck, etc.
• Mammalogist
  One versed in mammalogy.
• Breastrope
  See Breastband.
• Breastsummer
  A summer or girder extending across a building flush with, and supporting, the upper part of a front or external wall; a long lintel; a girder; -- used principally above shop windows.
• Breastband
  A band for the breast. Specifically: (Naut.) A band of canvas, or a rope, fastened at both ends to the rigging, to support the man who heaves the lead in sounding.
• Breastwheel
  A water wheel, on which the stream of water strikes neither so high as in the overshot wheel, nor so low as in the undershot, but generally at about half the height of the wheel, being kept in contact with it by the breasting. The water acts on th
• Breastbeam
  The front transverse beam of a locomotive.
• Breastwork
  A defensive work of moderate height, hastily thrown up, of earth or other material.

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