Word Meanings - PLACODERMI - Book Publishers vocabulary database
An extinct group of fishes, supposed to be ganoids. The body and head were covered with large bony plates. See Illust. under Pterichthys, and Coccosteus.
- Undergrowth
That which grows under trees; specifically, shrubs or small trees growing among large trees. - Understratums
of Understratum - Illustratively
By way of illustration or elucidation. - Underkind
An inferior kind. - Undertide
Alt. of Undertime - Pterichthys
A genus of Devonian fossil fishes with winglike appendages. The head and most of the body were covered with large bony plates. See Placodermi. - Underlying
Lying under or beneath; hence, fundamental; as, the underlying strata of a locality; underlying principles. - Underwood
Small trees and bushes that grow among large trees; coppice; underbrush; -- formerly used in the plural. - Underact
To perform inefficiently, as a play; to act feebly. - Undernom
of Undernime - COVERPOINT
The fielder in the games of cricket and lacrosse who supports "point." - Underbrush
Shrubs, small trees, and the like, in a wood or forest, growing beneath large trees; undergrowth. - Underpossessor
One who possesses or holds anything subject to the superior of another. - UNDERSLUNGUNDERHUNG
Of an automobile body, suspended from the springs in such a manner that the frame of the chassis is below the axles, the object being to lower the center of gravity of the car. - Undercraft
A sly trick or device; as, an undercraft of authors. - Undersaturated
Not fully saturated; imperfectly saturated. - Underdressed
Not dresses enough. - Undershrieve
A low shrub; a woody plant of low stature. - Undergird
To blind below; to gird round the bottom. - Underspore
To raise with a spar, or piece of wood, used as a lever.
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