Word Meanings - SADDLESHAPED - Book Publishers vocabulary database

Shaped like a saddle. Specifically: (a) (Bot.) Bent down at the sides so as to give the upper part a rounded form. Henslow. (b) (Geol.) Bent on each side of a mountain or ridge, without being broken at top; -- said of strata.

• Bearberry
  A trailing plant of the heath family (Arctostaphylos uva-ursi), having leaves which are tonic and astringent, and glossy red berries of which bears are said to be fond.
• Bell jar
  A glass vessel, varying in size, open at the bottom and closed at the top like a bell, and having a knob or handle at the top for lifting it. It is used for a great variety of purposes; as, with the air pump, and for holding gases, also for keepin
• Bez-antler
  The second branch of a stag's horn.
• Bedbug
  A wingless, bloodsucking, hemipterous insect (Cimex Lectularius), sometimes infesting houses and especially beds. See Illustration in Appendix.
• Beneficently
  In a beneficent manner; with beneficence.
• BECHUANAS
  A division of the Bantus, dwelling between the Orange and Zambezi rivers, supposed to be the most ancient Bantu population of South Africa. They are divided into totemic clans; they are intelligent and progressive.
• Beetle brow
  An overhanging brow.
• Berm
  Alt. of Berme
• Beholden
  of Behold
• Bespitting
  of Bespit
• Betide
  To happen to; to befall; to come to ; as, woe betide the wanderer.
• Bear's-breech
  See Acanthus, n., 1.
• Bellwort
  A genus of plants (Uvularia) with yellowish bell-shaped flowers.
• Brokenness
  The state or quality of being broken; unevenness.
• Bedeviling
  of Bedevil
• Benevolence
  The disposition to do good; good will; charitableness; love of mankind, accompanied with a desire to promote their happiness.
• BEELINE
  The shortest line from one place to another, like that of a bee to its hive when loaded with honey; an air line. "A bee line for the brig." Kane.
• Befittingly
  In a befitting manner; suitably.
• Berserk
  Alt. of Berserker
• Bejade
  To jade or tire.

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