Definition of mean

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Mean (superl.) Penurious; stingy; close-fisted; illiberal; as, mean hospitality..

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Magnetometric :: Magnetometric (a.) Pertaining to, or employed in, the measurement of magnetic forces; obtained by means of a magnetometer; as, magnetometric instruments; magnetometric measurements..
Paronymous :: Paronymous (a.) Having a similar sound, but different orthography and different meaning; -- said of certain words, as al/ and awl; hair and hare, etc..
Band :: Band (v. t.) That which serves as the means of union or connection between persons; a tie.
Al-phitomancy :: Al-phitomancy (n.) Divination by means of barley meal.
Trichina :: Trichina (n.) A small, slender nematoid worm (Trichina spiralis) which, in the larval state, is parasitic, often in immense numbers, in the voluntary muscles of man, the hog, and many other animals. When insufficiently cooked meat containing the larvae is swallowed by man, they are liberated and rapidly become adult, pair, and the ovoviviparous females produce in a short time large numbers of young which find their way into the muscles, either directly, or indirectly by means of the blood. Their
Coistril :: Coistril (n.) A mean, paltry fellow; a coward..
Twist :: Twist (v. t.) Hence, to turn from the true form or meaning; to pervert; as, to twist a passage cited from an author..
Lousy :: Lousy (a.) Mean; contemptible; as, lousy knave..
Chuck :: Chuck (v. t.) To place in a chuck, or hold by means of a chuck, as in turning; to bore or turn (a hole) in a revolving piece held in a chuck..
Agglutinate :: Agglutinate (a.) Consisting of root words combined but not materially altered as to form or meaning; as, agglutinate forms, languages, etc. See Agglutination, 2..
Low-lived :: Low-lived (a.) Characteristic of, or like, one bred in a low and vulgar condition of life; mean dishonorable; contemptible; as, low-lived dishonesty..
Sneaking :: Sneaking (a.) Marked by cowardly concealment; deficient in openness and courage; underhand; mean; crouching.
Parvanimity :: Parvanimity (n.) The state or quality of having a little or ignoble mind; pettiness; meanness; -- opposed to magnanimity.
Procurer :: Procurer (n.) One who procures, or obtains; one who, or that which, brings on, or causes to be done, esp. by corrupt means..
Epi- :: Epi- () A prefix, meaning upon, beside, among, on the outside, above, over. It becomes ep-before a vowel, as in epoch, and eph-before a Greek aspirate, as in ephemeral..
Centrosome :: Centrosome (n.) A peculiar rounded body lying near the nucleus of a cell. It is regarded as the dynamic element by means of which the machinery of cell division is organized.
Picture :: Picture (n.) A representation of anything (as a person, a landscape, a building) upon canvas, paper, or other surface, produced by means of painting, drawing, engraving, photography, etc.; a representation in colors. By extension, a figure; a model..
Etching :: Etching (n.) The act, art, or practice of engraving by means of acid which eats away lines or surfaces left unprotected in metal, glass, or the like. See Etch, v. t..
Lift :: Lift (n.) That by means of which a person or thing lifts or is lifte.
Circular :: Circular (a.) Adhering to a fixed circle of legends; cyclic; hence, mean; inferior. See Cyclic poets, under Cyclic..
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