Word Meanings - SPRINGBUCK - Book Publishers vocabulary database

A South African gazelle (Gazella euchore) noted for its graceful form and swiftness, and for its peculiar habit of springing lighty and suddenly into the air. It has a white dorsal stripe, expanding into a broad patch of white on the rump and tail. Called also springer.

• Notelessness
  A state of being noteless.
• Whited
  of White
• Broaden
  To grow broad; to become broader or wider.
• Notidanian
  Any one of several species of sharks of the family Notidanidae, or Hexanchidae. Called also cow sharks. See Shark.
• Whitefish
  Any one of several species of Coregonus, a genus of excellent food fishes allied to the salmons. They inhabit the lakes of the colder parts of North America, Asia, and Europe. The largest and most important American species (C. clupeiformis) is ab
• Broadsword
  A sword with a broad blade and a cutting edge; a claymore.
• Notodontian
  Any one of several species of bombycid moths belonging to Notodonta, Nerice, and allied genera. The caterpillar of these moths has a hump, or spine, on its back.
• White-pot
  A kind of food made of milk or cream, eggs, sugar, bread, etc., baked in a pot.
• Calligraphy
  Fair or elegant penmanship.
• Whiteweed
  A perennial composite herb (Chrysanthemum Leucanthemum) with conspicuous white rays and a yellow disk, a common weed in grass lands and pastures; -- called also oxeye daisy.
• Callot
  A plant coif or skullcap. Same as Calotte.
• Peculiarities
  of Peculiarity
• PATCHOULIPATCHOULY
  A mintlike plant (Pogostemon Patchouli) of the East Indies, yielding an essential oil from which a highly valued perfume is made. 2. The perfume made from this plant. Patchouly camphor (Chem.), a substance homologous with and resembling borneol, found i
• Habiting
  of Habit
• Southerliness
  The quality or state of being southerly; direction toward the south.
• WHITEFRIAR
  A mendicant monk of the Carmelite order, so called from the white cloaks worn by the order. See Carmelite.
• Habitue
  One who habitually frequents a place; as, an habitue of a theater.
• Southward
  Alt. of Southwards
• Notarially
  In a notarial manner.

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