Word Meanings - SHOVELHEAD - Book Publishers vocabulary database

A shark (Sphryna tiburio) allied to the hammerhead, and native of the warmer parts of the Atlantic and Pacific oceans; -- called also bonnet shark.

• ALLIGATORWRENCH
  A kind of pipe wrench having a flaring jaw with teeth on one side.
• Allineation
  Alt. of Alineation
• Callipers
  See Calipers.
• Hammerhead
  A shark of the genus Sphyrna or Zygaena, having the eyes set on projections from the sides of the head, which gives it a hammer shape. The Sphyrna zygaena is found in the North Atlantic. Called also hammer fish, and balance fish.
• ALLINEATIONALINEEATION
  Alignment; position in a straight line, as of two planets with the sun. Whewell. The allineation of the two planets. C. A. Young.
• Allision
  The act of dashing against, or striking upon.
• Callisection
  Painless vivisection; -- opposed to sentisection.
• Native
  Arising by birth; having an origin; born.
• BONNETROUGE
  The red cap adopted by the extremists in the French Revolution, which became a sign of patriotism at that epoch; hence, a revolutionist; a Red Republican.
• Alliable
  Able to enter into alliance.
• Alliteral
  Pertaining to, or characterized by alliteration.
• Callisthenic
  Alt. of Callisthenics
• Natively
  By natural or original condition; naturally; originally.
• CALLIGRAPHICCALLIGRAPHICAL
  Of or pertaining to calligraphy. Excellence in the calligraphic act. T. Warton.
• Alliaceous
  Of or pertaining to the genus Allium, or garlic, onions, leeks, etc.; having the smell or taste of garlic or onions.
• Alliterate
  To employ or place so as to make alliteration.

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