Word Meanings - STERN-WHEELER - Book Publishers vocabulary database

A steamboat having a stern wheel instead of side wheels.

• Sternmost
  Farthest in the rear; farthest astern; as, the sternmost ship in a convoy.
• Sternutatory
  Sternutative.
• Wheelwork
  A combination of wheels, and their connection, in a machine or mechanism.
• Sternness
  The quality or state of being stern.
• Sternway
  The movement of a ship backward, or with her stern foremost.
• Wheel-worn
  Worn by the action of wheels; as, a wheel-worn road.
• Instead
  In the place or room; -- usually followed by of.
• Sterno-
  A combining form used in anatomy to indicate connection with, or relation to, the sternum; as, sternocostal, sternoscapular.
• Stern-wheel
  Having a paddle wheel at the stern; as, a stern-wheel steamer.
• Wheelwright
  A man whose occupation is to make or repair wheels and wheeled vehicles, as carts, wagons, and the like.
• Havanese
  Of or pertaining to Havana, in Cuba.
• Steamboat
  A boat or vessel propelled by steam power; -- generally used of river or coasting craft, as distinguished from ocean steamers.
• Sternocoracoid
  Of or pertaining to the sternum and the coracoid.
• Stern-wheeler
  A steamboat having a stern wheel instead of side wheels.
• Steamboating
  The occupation or business of running a steamboat, or of transporting merchandise, passengers, etc., by steamboats.

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