Word Meanings - OBLONGUM - Book Publishers vocabulary database

A prolate spheroid; a figure described by the revolution of an ellipse about its greater axis. Cf. Oblatum, and see Ellipsoid of revolution, under Ellipsoid.

• Underdose
  A dose which is less than required; a small or insufficient dose.
• Undershot
  Having the lower incisor teeth projecting beyond the upper ones, as in the bulldog.
• Under-garment
  A garment worn below another.
• Underspend
  To spend less than.
• Undergrow
  To grow to an inferior, or less than the usual, size or height.
• Understrapping
  Becoming an understrapper; subservient.
• Underkeep
  To keep under, or in subjection; to suppress.
• Undertenant
  The tenant of a tenant; one who holds lands or tenements of a tenant or lessee.
• Figurehead
  The figure, statue, or bust, on the prow of a ship.
• Underlock
  A lock of wool hanging under the belly of a sheep.
• Underwing
  One of the posterior wings of an insect.
• Spheroidity
  The quality or state of being spheroidal.
• Underneath
  Beneath; below; in a lower place; under; as, a channel underneath the soil.
• ABOUTSLEDGE
  The largest hammer used by smiths. Weale.
• Underbranch
  A lower branch.
• Underplot
  A series of events in a play, proceeding collaterally with the main story, and subservient to it.
• Underconduct
  A lower conduit; a subterranean conduit.
• Undersail
  To sail alongshore.
• Underdrain
  An underground drain or trench with openings through which the water may percolate from the soil or ground above.
• Undershrievalty
  The office or position of an undersheriff.

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