Word Meanings - OPENBILL - Book Publishers vocabulary database

A bird of the genus Anastomus, allied to the stork; -- so called because the two parts of the bill touch only at the base and tip. One species inhabits India, another Africa. Called also open-beak. See Illust. (m), under Beak.

• Underwent
  of Undergo
• Understairs
  The basement or cellar.
• Callot
  A plant coif or skullcap. Same as Calotte.
• Underhand
  Secret; clandestine; hence, mean; unfair; fraudulent.
• Understroke
  To underline or underscore.
• Illustriously
  In a illustrious manner; conspicuously; eminently; famously.
• Underlaborer
  An assistant or subordinate laborer.
• Undertone
  A low or subdued tone or utterance; a tone less loud than usual.
• Touchable
  Capable of being touched; tangible.
• Undermasted
  Having masts smaller than the usual dimension; -- said of vessels.
• Underwrought
  of Underwork
• Underactor
  A subordinate actor.
• Underofficer
  A subordinate officer.
• ANOTHERGATES
  Of another sort. [Obs.] "Another-gates adventure." Hudibras.
• Underbuilding
  Same as Substruction.
• Underprize
  To undervalue; to underestimate.
• UNDERPLANT
  To plant under; specif. (Forestry),
• Alligation
  The act of tying together or attaching by some bond, or the state of being attached.
• Undercrest
  To support as a crest; to bear.
• Underscore
  To draw a mark or line under; to underline.

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