Definition of bearing

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Bearing (n.) That part of any member of a building which rests upon its supports; as, a lintel or beam may have four inches of bearing upon the wall..

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Truceless :: Truceless (a.) Without a truce; unforbearing.
Circumferentor :: Circumferentor (n.) A surveying instrument, for taking horizontal angles and bearings; a surveyor's compass. It consists of a compass whose needle plays over a circle graduated to 360¡, and of a horizontal brass bar at the ends of which are standards with narrow slits for sighting, supported on a tripod by a ball and socket joint..
Caboched :: Caboched (a.) Showing the full face, but nothing of the neck; -- said of the head of a beast in armorial bearing..
Herbiferous :: Herbiferous (a.) Bearing herbs or vegetation.
Graniferous :: Graniferous (a.) Bearing grain, or seeds like grain..
Xylocarpous :: Xylocarpous (a.) Bearing fruit which becomes hard or woody.
Nitriferous :: Nitriferous (a.) Bearing niter; yielding, or containing, niter..
Condyle :: Condyle (n.) A bony prominence; particularly, an eminence at the end of a bone bearing a rounded articular surface; -- sometimes applied also to a concave articular surface..
Carbuncle :: Carbuncle (n.) A charge or bearing supposed to represent the precious stone. It has eight scepters or staves radiating from a common center. Called also escarbuncle.
Pestiferous :: Pestiferous (a.) Pest-bearing; pestilential; noxious to health; malignant; infectious; contagious; as, pestiferous bodies..
Insolent :: Insolent (a.) Haughty and contemptuous or brutal in behavior or language; overbearing; domineering; grossly rude or disrespectful; saucy; as, an insolent master; an insolent servant..
Polypiferous :: Polypiferous (a.) Bearing polyps, or polypites..
Dictatory :: Dictatory (a.) Dogmatical; overbearing; dictatorial.
Flag :: Flag (n.) A cloth usually bearing a device or devices and used to indicate nationality, party, etc., or to give or ask information; -- commonly attached to a staff to be waved by the wind; a standard; a banner; an ensign; the colors; as, the national flag; a military or a naval flag..
Graminifolious :: Graminifolious (a.) Bearing leaves resembling those of grass.
Arthropleura :: Arthropleura (n.) The side or limb-bearing portion of an arthromere.
Clavigerous :: Clavigerous (a.) Bearing a club or a key.
Fruitful :: Fruitful (a.) Full of fruit; producing fruit abundantly; bearing results; prolific; fertile; liberal; bountiful; as, a fruitful tree, or season, or soil; a fruitful wife..
Going :: Going (n.) Pregnancy; gestation; childbearing.
#NAME? :: -ous () A suffix denoting that the element indicated by the name bearing it, has a valence lower than that denoted by the termination -ic; as, nitrous, sulphurous, etc., as contrasted with nitric, sulphuric, etc..
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