Word Meanings - WASHOUT - Book Publishers vocabulary database

The washing out or away of earth, etc., especially of a portion of the bed of a road or railroad by a fall of rain or a freshet; also, a place, especially in the bed of a road or railroad, where the earth has been washed away.

• Placenta
  The vascular appendage which connects the fetus with the parent, and is cast off in parturition with the afterbirth.
• Portionless
  Having no portion.
• Washhouse
  An outbuilding for washing, esp. one for washing clothes; a laundry.
• Wherefore
  For which reason; so; -- used relatively.
• Wherewith
  With which; -- used relatively.
• WASHOFF
  Capable of being washed off; not permanent or durable; -- said of colors not fixed by steaming or otherwise.
• Earthfork
  A pronged fork for turning up the earth.
• Earthwards
  Toward the earth; -- opposed to heavenward or skyward.
• Earthwork
  Any construction, whether a temporary breastwork or permanent fortification, for attack or defense, the material of which is chiefly earth.
• Placental
  Of or pertaining to the placenta; having, or characterized by having, a placenta; as, a placental mammal.
• Railroad
  Alt. of Railway
• Washiness
  The quality or state of being washy, watery, or weak.
• Whereform
  From which; from which or what place.
• Wherewithal
  Wherewith.
• WASHSALE
  A sale made in washing. See Washing, n., 3, above.
• Earthiness
  The quality or state of being earthy, or of containing earth; hence, grossness.
• Earthworm
  Any worm of the genus Lumbricus and allied genera, found in damp soil. One of the largest and most abundant species in Europe and America is L. terrestris; many others are known; -- called also angleworm and dewworm.
• Placentalia
  A division of Mammalia including those that have a placenta, or all the orders above the marsupials.
• Railroading
  The construction of a railroad; the business of managing or operating a railroad.
• Washingtonian
  Pertaining to, or characteristic of, George Washington; as, a Washingtonian policy.

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