Word Meanings - YELLOWHAMMER - Book Publishers vocabulary database

A common European finch (Emberiza citrinella). The color of the male is bright yellow on the breast, neck, and sides of the head, with the back yellow and brown, and the top of the head and the tail quills blackish. Called also yellow bunting, scribbling lark, and writing lark.

• Calligraphic
  Alt. of Calligraphical
• COLORIMETRY
  The quantitative determination of the depth of color of a substance. 2. A method of quantitative chemical analysis based upon the comparison of the depth of color of a solution with that of a standard liquid.
• Callosities
  of Callosity
• Coloration
  The act or art of coloring; the state of being colored.
• Commonish
  Somewhat common; commonplace; vulgar.
• Finchbacked
  Streaked or spotted on the back; -- said of cattle.
• Breastplate
  A plate of metal covering the breast as defensive armor.
• Writing
  of Write
• Brightsome
  Bright; clear; luminous; brilliant.
• Yellow-eyed
  Having yellow eyes.
• Yellowwood
  The wood of any one of several different kinds of trees; also, any one of the trees themselves. Among the trees so called are the Cladrastis tinctoria, an American leguminous tree; the several species of prickly ash (Xanthoxylum); the Australian F
• Calligraphical
  Of or pertaining to calligraphy.
• COLORSERGEANT
  See under Sergeant.
• Callosity
  A hard or thickened spot or protuberance; a hardening and thickening of the skin or bark of a part, eps. as a result of continued pressure or friction.
• Colorature
  Vocal music colored, as it were, by florid ornaments, runs, or rapid passages.
• Commonition
  Advice; warning; instruction.
• Finched
  Same as Finchbacked.
• Breastplow
  Alt. of Breastplough

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