Definition of looking

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Looking (a.) Having a certain look or appearance; -- often compounded with adjectives; as, good-looking, grand-looking, etc..

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Respective :: Respective (a.) Looking towardl having reference to; relative, not absolute; as, the respective connections of society..
Ill-favored :: Ill-favored (a.) Wanting beauty or attractiveness; deformed; ugly; ill-looking.
Regardant :: Regardant (v. t.) Looking behind; looking backward watchfully.
Dowdy :: Dowdy (superl.) Showing a vulgar taste in dress; awkward and slovenly in dress; vulgar-looking.
Cirripedia :: Cirripedia (n. pl.) An order of Crustacea including the barnacles. When adult, they have a calcareous shell composed of several pieces. From the opening of the shell the animal throws out a group of curved legs, looking like a delicate curl, whence the name of the group. See Anatifa..
Emissitious :: Emissitious (a.) Looking, or narrowly examining; prying..
Ill-looking :: Ill-looking (a.) Having a bad look; threatening; ugly. See Note under Ill, adv..
Selenium :: Selenium (n.) A nonmetallic element of the sulphur group, and analogous to sulphur in its compounds. It is found in small quantities with sulphur and some sulphur ores, and obtained in the free state as a dark reddish powder or crystalline mass, or as a dark metallic-looking substance. It exhibits under the action of light a remarkable variation in electric conductivity, and is used in certain electric apparatus. Symbol Se. Atomic weight 78.9..
Janus :: "Janus (n.) A Latin deity represented with two faces looking in opposite directions. Numa is said to have dedicated to Janus the covered passage at Rome, near the Forum, which is usually called the Temple of Janus. This passage was open in war and closed in peace..
Review :: Review (n.) A second or repeated view; a reexamination; a retrospective survey; a looking over again; as, a review of one's studies; a review of life..
Spectant :: Spectant (a.) Looking forward.
Squintifego :: Squint-eyed (a.) Looking obliquely, or asquint; malignant; as, squint-eyed praise; squint-eyed jealousy..
Motion :: Motion (n.) A proposal or suggestion looking to action or progress; esp., a formal proposal made in a deliberative assembly; as, a motion to adjourn..
Intuition :: Intuition (n.) A looking after; a regard to.
Bopeep :: Bopeep (n.) The act of looking out suddenly, as from behind a screen, so as to startle some one (as by children in play), or of looking out and drawing suddenly back, as if frightened..
Rummage :: Rummage (n.) A searching carefully by looking into every corner, and by turning things over..
Inspecttion :: Inspecttion (n.) The act or process of inspecting or looking at carefully; a strict or prying examination; close or careful scrutiny; investigation.
Outgaze :: Outgaze (v. t.) To gaze beyond; to exceed in sharpness or persistence of seeing or of looking; hence, to stare out of countenance..
Retro- :: Retro- () A prefix or combining form signifying backward, back; as, retroact, to act backward; retrospect, a looking back..
Good-looking :: Good-looking (a.) Handsome.
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