Absey-book (n.) An A-B-C book |
Account book () A book in which accounts are kept. |
Bank book () A book kept by a depositor, in which an officer of a bank enters the debits and credits of the depositor's account with the bank. |
Bill book () A book in which a person keeps an account of his notes, bills, bills of exchange, etc., thus showing all that he issues and receives. |
Black book () One of several books of a political character, published at different times and for different purposes |
Black book () A book compiled in the twelfth century, containing a description of the court of exchequer of England, an official statement of the revenues of the crown, etc. |
Black book () A book containing details of the enormities practiced in the English monasteries and religious houses, compiled by order of their visitors under Henry VIII., to hasten their dissolution. |
Black book () A book of admiralty law, of the highest authority, compiled in the reign of Edw. III. |
Black book () A book kept for the purpose of registering the names of persons liable to censure or punishment, as in the English universities, or the English armies. |
Black book () Any book which treats of necromancy. |
Block book () A book printed from engraved wooden blocks instead of movable types. |
Blue book () A parliamentary publication, so called from its blue paper covers. |
Blue book () The United States official "Biennial Register." |
Book (n.) A collection of sheets of paper, or similar material, blank, written, or printed, bound together |
Book (n.) A composition, written or printed |
Book (n.) A part or subdivision of a treatise or literary work |
Book (n.) A volume or collection of sheets in which accounts are kept |
Book (n.) Six tricks taken by one side, in the game of whist |
Book (v. t.) To enter, write, or register in a book or list. |
Book (v. t.) To enter the name of (any one) in a book for the purpose of securing a passage, conveyance, or seat |
Book (v. t.) To mark out for |
Book-learned (a.) Versed in books |
Book muslin () A kind of muslin used for the covers of books. |
Book muslin () A kind of thin white muslin for ladies' dresses. |
Catalogue (n.) A list or enumeration of names, or articles arranged methodically, often in alphabetical order |
Catalogue (v. t.) To make a list or catalogue |
form (n.) A suffix used to denote in the form / shape of, resembling, etc. |
Form (n.) The shape and structure of anything, as distinguished from the material of which it is composed |
Form (n.) Constitution |
Form (n.) Established method of expression or practice |
Form (n.) Show without substance |
Form (n.) Orderly arrangement |
Form (n.) A shape |
Form (n.) That by which shape is given or determined |
Form (n.) A long seat |
Form (n.) The seat or bed of a hare. |
Form (n.) The type or other matter from which an impression is to be taken, arranged and secured in a chase. |
Form (n.) The boundary line of a material object. In painting, more generally, the human body. |
Form (n.) The particular shape or structure of a word or part of speech |
Form (n.) The combination of planes included under a general crystallographic symbol. It is not necessarily a closed solid. |
Form (n.) That assemblage or disposition of qualities which makes a conception, or that internal constitution which makes an existing thing to be what it is |
Form (n.) Mode of acting or manifestation to the senses, or the intellect |
Form (n.) The peculiar characteristics of an organism as a type of others |
Form (n.) To give form or shape to |
Form (n.) To give a particular shape to |
Form (n.) To go to make up |
Form (n.) To provide with a form, as a hare. See Form, n., 9. |
Form (n.) To derive by grammatical rules, as by adding the proper suffixes and affixes. |
Form (v. i.) To take a form, definite shape, or arrangement |
Form (v. i.) To run to a form, as a hare. |
shape form | the spatial arrangement of something as distinct from its substance, geometry is the mathematical science of shape |
book fair bookfair | bazaar at which books are sold or auctioned off in order to raise funds for a worthy cause |
form genus | an artificial taxonomic category established on the basis of morphological resemblance for organisms of obscure true relationships especially fossil forms |
book scorpion Chelifer cancroides | minute arachnid sometimes found in old papers |
booklouse book louse deathwatch Liposcelis divinatorius | minute wingless psocopterous insects injurious to books and papers |
binding book binding cover back | the protective covering on the front, back, and spine of a book, the book had a leather binding |
book volume | physical objects consisting of a number of pages bound together, he used a large book as a doorstop |
book | a number of sheets (ticket or stamps etc.) bound together on one edge, he bought a book of stamps |
book bag | a bag in which students carry their books |
card index card catalog card catalogue | an alphabetical listing of items (e.g., books in a library) with a separate card for each item |
coffee-table book | an elaborate oversize book suitable for displaying on a coffee table |
coloring book | a picture book with line drawings intended to be colored with crayons by children |
fake book | a fake in the form of an imitation book, used to fill bookcases of people who wish to appear scholarly |
form | a mold for setting concrete, they built elaborate forms for pouring the foundation |
mannequin manikin mannikin manakin form | a life-size dummy used to display clothes |
order book | a book in which customers' orders are entered, usually makes multiple copies of the order |
paperback book paper-back book paperback softback book softback softover book softover | a book with paper covers |
picture book | a book consisting chiefly of pictures |
pocketbook pocket book pocket edition | pocket-sized paperback book |
safety match book matches | a paper match that strikes only on a specially prepared surface |
talking book | sound recording of someone reading a book, frequently used by blind people |
form shape cast | the visual appearance of something or someone, the delicate cast of his features |
good form | behavior that conforms to social conventions of the time, it is not good form to brag about winning |
form | a particular mode in which something is manifested, his resentment took the form of extreme hostility |
shape form configuration contour conformation | any spatial attributes (especially as defined by outline), he could barely make out their shapes |
form | an ability to perform well, he was at the top of his form, the team was off form last night |
life form | the characteristic bodily form of a mature organism |
e human body physical body material body soma build figure physique anatomy shape bod chassis frame form flesh | alternative names for the body of a human being, Leonardo studied the human body, he has a strong physique, the spirit is willing but the flesh is weak |
book lung | organ in many arachnids containing many thin folds of membrane resembling the leaves of a book |
mystery enigma secret closed book | something that baffles understanding and cannot be explained, how it got out is a mystery, it remains one of nature's secrets |
kind sort form variety | a category of things distinguished by some common characteristic or quality, sculpture is a form of art, what kinds of desserts are there? |
art form | (architecture) a form of artistic expression (such as writing or painting or architecture) |
form shape pattern | a perceptual structure, the composition presents problems for students of musical form, a visual pattern must include not only objects but the spaces between them |
sonata form | a musical form having sections -- exposition and development and recapitulation, characteristic of st movement of a sonata or symphony |
form word form signifier descriptor | the phonological or orthographic sound or appearance of a word that can be used to describe or identify something, the inflected forms of a word can be represented by a stem and a list of inflections to be attached |
plural plural form | the form of a word that is used to denote more than one |
singular singular form | the form of a word that is used to denote a singleton |
citation form main entry word entry word | the form of a word that heads a lexical entry and is alphabetized in a dictionary |
free morpheme free form | a morpheme that can occur alone |
bound morpheme bound form | a morpheme that occurs only as part of a larger construction, eg an -s at the end of plural nouns |
combining form | a bound form used only in compounds, `hemato-' is a combining form in words like `hematology' |
part of speech form class word class | one of the traditional categories of words intended to reflect their functions in a grammatical context |
major form class | any of the major parts of speech of traditional grammar |
transitive verb transitive verb form transitive | a verb (or verb construction) that requires an object in order to be grammatical |
doubly transitive verb doubly transitive verb form | a transitive verb that takes both a direct and an indirect object |
intransitive verb intransitive verb form intransitive | a verb (or verb construction) that does not take an object |
title title of respect form of address | an identifying appellation signifying status or function: e.g. `Mr.' or `General', the professor didn't like his friends to use his formal title |
poem verse form | a composition written in metrical feet forming rhythmical lines |
book | a major division of a long written composition, the book of Isaiah |
codex leaf-book | an unbound manuscript of some ancient classic (as distinguished from a scroll) |