Word Meanings - REVOLUTION - Book Publishers vocabulary database

The act of revolving, or turning round on an axis or a center; the motion of a body round a fixed point or line; rotation; as, the revolution of a wheel, of a top, of the earth on its axis, etc.

• Turnpiked
  of Turnpike
• Earthquake
  A shaking, trembling, or concussion of the earth, due to subterranean causes, often accompanied by a rumbling noise. The wave of shock sometimes traverses half a hemisphere, destroying cities and many thousand lives; -- called also earthdin, earth
• Wheelbarrow
  A light vehicle for conveying small loads. It has two handles and one wheel, and is rolled by a single person.
• Fixative
  That which serves to set or fix colors or drawings, as a mordant.
• CENTERPIECECENTREPIECE
  An ornament to be placed in the center, as of a table, ceiling, atc.; a central article or figure.
• Pointal
  The pistil of a plant.
• ROUNDBACKED
  Having a round back or shoulders; round-shouldered.
• Revolutionism
  The state of being in revolution; revolutionary doctrines or principles.
• Roundabout
  Circuitous; going round; indirect; as, roundabout speech.
• Round-shouldered
  Having the shoulders stooping or projecting; round-backed.
• Turner
  One who turns; especially, one whose occupation is to form articles with a lathe.
• Earthbred
  Low; grovelling; vulgar.
• Turnpiking
  of Turnpike
• Earthquave
  An earthquake.
• Wheelbird
  The European goatsucker.
• Fixedly
  In a fixed, stable, or constant manner.
• EARTHENHEARTED
  Hard-hearted; sordid; gross. [Poetic] Lowell.
• Point-blank
  The white spot on a target, at which an arrow or other missile is aimed.
• ROUNDSHOULDERED
  Having the shoulders stooping or projecting; round-backed.
• Revolutionist
  One engaged in effecting a change of government; a favorer of revolution.

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