Word Meanings - ROUGHTAIL - Book Publishers vocabulary database

Any species of small ground snakes of the family Uropeltidae; -- so called from their rough tails.

• CALLISTHENICCALLISTHENICS
  See Calisthenic, Calisthenics.
• Calligraphy
  Fair or elegant penmanship.
• Groundsel
  An annual composite plant (Senecio vulgaris), one of the most common and widely distributed weeds on the globe.
• Roughhewer
  One who roughhews.
• Roughwork
  To work over coarsely, without regard to nicety, smoothness, or finish.
• ROUGHFOOTED
  Feather-footed; as, a rough-footed dove. [R.] Sherwood.
• Calliope
  The Muse that presides over eloquence and heroic poetry; mother of Orpheus, and chief of the nine Muses.
• Callous
  Hardened; indurated.
• Groundsill
  See Ground plate (a), under Ground
• Roughhewn
  Hewn coarsely without smoothing; unfinished; not polished.
• Roughwrought
  Wrought in a rough, unfinished way; worked over coarsely.
• ROUGHGRAINED
  Having a rough grain or fiber; hence, figuratively, having coarse traits of character; not polished; brisque.
• Calliopsis
  A popular name given to a few species of the genus Coreopsis, especially to C. tinctoria of Arkansas.
• Groundwork
  That which forms the foundation or support of anything; the basis; the essential or fundamental part; first principle.
• Roughing-in
  The first coat of plaster laid on brick; also, the process of applying it.
• ROUGHINGIN
  The first coat of plaster laid on brick; also, the process of applying it.

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