Word Meanings - UPSETTINGTHERMOMETER - Book Publishers vocabulary database

A thermometer by merely inverting which the temperature may be registered. The column of mercury is broken and, as it remains until the instrument is reset, the reading may be made at leisure.

• Whichever
  Alt. of Whichsoever
• Instrument
  That by means of which any work is performed, or result is effected; a tool; a utensil; an implement; as, the instruments of a mechanic; astronomical instruments.
• Invertebrated
  Having no backbone; invertebrate.
• Invertedly
  In an inverted order.
• Readership
  The office of reader.
• Ready-made
  Made already, or beforehand, in anticipation of need; not made to order; as, ready-made clothing; ready-made jokes.
• Whichsoever
  Whether one or another; whether one or the other; which; that one (of two or more) which; as, whichever road you take, it will lead you to town.
• Instrumental
  Acting as an instrument; serving as a means; contributing to promote; conductive; helpful; serviceable; as, he was instrumental in conducting the business.
• Invertible
  Capable of being inverted or turned.
• Readily
  In a ready manner; quickly; promptly.
• Ready-witted
  Having ready wit.
• BROKENBACKED
  Hogged; so weakened in the frame as to droop at each end; -- said of a ship. Totten.
• Instrumentalist
  One who plays upon an instrument of music, as distinguished from a vocalist.
• Invertin
  An unorganized ferment which causes cane sugar to take up a molecule of water and be converted into invert sugar.
• Readiness
  The state or quality of being ready; preparation; promptness; aptitude; willingness.
• Register
  A written account or entry; an official or formal enumeration, description, or record; a memorial record; a list or roll; a schedule.
• BROKENBELLIED
  Having a ruptured belly. [R.]

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