Word Meanings - SHORTSPOKEN - Book Publishers vocabulary database
Speaking in a quick or short manner; hence, gruff; curt. [Colloq.]
- Shortsighted
Not able to see far; nearsighted; myopic. See Myopic, and Myopia. - QUICKWITTED
Having ready wit Shak. - Mannerliness
The quality or state of being mannerly; civility; complaisance. - Quickset
A living plant set to grow, esp. when set for a hedge; specifically, the hawthorn. - Short-circuit
To join, as the electrodes of a battery or dynamo or any two points of a circuit, by a conductor of low resistance. - Short-spoken
Speaking in a quick or short manner; hence, gruff; curt. - QUICKWITTEDNESS
Readiness of wit. "Celtic quick-wittedness." M. Arnold. - Mannerly
Showing good manners; civil; respectful; complaisant. - Quick-sighted
Having quick sight or acute discernment; quick to see or to discern. - Shortclothes
Coverings for the legs of men or boys, consisting of trousers which reach only to the knees, -- worn with long stockings. - Shortstop
The player stationed in the field bewtween the second and third bases. - SHORTCIRCUIT
A circuit formed or closed by a conductor of relatively low resistance because shorter or of relatively great conductivity. - Colloquial
Pertaining to, or used in, conversation, esp. common and familiar conversation; conversational; hence, unstudied; informal; as, colloquial intercourse; colloquial phrases; a colloquial style. - Quicksilver
The metal mercury; -- so called from its resemblance to liquid silver. - Shortcoming
The act of falling, or coming short - Short-waisted
Having a short waist. - SHORTDATED
Having little time to run from the date. "Thy short-dated life." Sandys. - Colloquialism
A colloquial expression, not employed in formal discourse or writing. - Quickbeam
See Quicken tree.
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