Word Meanings - NEST - Book Publishers vocabulary database

An aggregated mass of any ore or mineral, in an isolated state, within a rock. 5. A collection of boxes, cases, or the like, of graduated size, each put within the one next larger. (more info) for nisdus, Skr. ni resting place, nest; cf. Lith.

Additional info about word: NEST

An aggregated mass of any ore or mineral, in an isolated state, within a rock. 5. A collection of boxes, cases, or the like, of graduated size, each put within the one next larger. (more info) for nisdus, Skr. ni resting place, nest; cf. Lith. lizdas, Arm. neiz, Gael. & Ir. nead. Prob. from the particle ni down, Skr. ni + the root of E. sit, and thus orig., a place to sit down in. sq. root 264. See 1. The bed or receptacle prepared by a fowl for holding her eggs and for hatching and rearing her young. The birds of the air have nests. Matt. viii. 20. 2. Hence: the place in which the eggs of other animals, as insects, turtles, etc., are laid and hatched; a snug place in which young animals are reared. Bentley. 3. A snug, comfortable, or cozy residence or situation; a retreat, or place of habitual resort; hence, those who occupy a nest, frequent a haunt, or are associated in the same pursuit; as, a nest of traitors; a nest of bugs. A little cottage, like some poor man's nest. Spenser.

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• AGGREGATOR
  One who aggregates.
• STATESMANLIKE
  Having the manner or wisdom of statesmen; becoming a statesman.
• STATEHOOD
  The condition of being a State; as, a territory seeking Statehood.
• RESTRAINABLE
  Capable of being restrained; controllable. Sir T. Browne.
• PLACEMENT
  1. The act of placing, or the state of being placed. 2. Position; place.
• RESTAGNATE
  To stagnate; to cease to flow. Wiseman.
• GRADUATOR
  1. One who determines or indicates graduation; as, a graduator of instruments. 2. An instrument for dividing any line, right or curve, into small, regular intervals. 3. An apparatus for diffusing a solution, as brine or vinegar, over
• PLACENTARY
  Having reference to the placenta; as, the placentary system of classification.
• PLACE-KICK
  To make a place kick; to make by a place kick. -- Place"-kick`er, n.
• RESTRICT
  Restricted.
• RESTORATIVELY
  In a restorative manner.
• AGGREGATE
  1. A mass, assemblage, or sum of particulars; as, a house is an aggregate of stone, brick, timber, etc. In an aggregate the particulars are less intimately mixed than in a compound. 2. A mass formed by the union of homogeneous particles; --
• MINERALIZATION
  The conversion of a cell wall into a material of a stony nature. (more info) 1. The process of mineralizing, or forming a mineral by combination of a metal with another element; also, the process of converting into a mineral, as a bone or a plant.
• RESTAGNANT
  Stagnant; motionless. Boyle.
• RESTIFFNESS
  Restiveness.
• STATE SOCIALISM
  A form of socialism, esp. advocated in Germany, which, while retaining the right of private property and the institution of the family and other features of the present form of the state, would intervene by various measures intended to
• RESTITUTION
  The act of returning to, or recovering, a former state; as, the restitution of an elastic body. (more info) 1. The act of restoring anything to its rightful owner, or of making good, or of giving an equivalent for any loss, damage, or
• RESTORATORY
  Restorative.
• RESTRAINEDLY
  With restraint. Hammond.
• RESTY
  Disposed to rest; indisposed toexercton; sluggish; also, restive. Burton. Where the master is too resty or too rich to say his own prayers. Milton.
• CREBRICOSTATE
  Marked with closely set ribs or ridges.
• SAGEBRUSH STATE
  Nevada; -- a nickname.
• DISINTERESTING
  Uninteresting. "Disinteresting passages." Bp. Warburton.
• TERRESTRIFY
  To convert or reduce into a condition like that of the earth; to make earthy. Sir T. Browne.
• OLD LINE STATE
  Maryland; a nickname, alluding to the fact that its northern boundary in Mason and Dixon's line.
• ENSTATE
  See INSTATE
• UNDERCREST
  To support as a crest; to bear. Shak.
• KATASTATE
  A substance formed by a katabolic process; -- opposed to anastate. See Katabolic.
• PRESTIGIOUS
  Practicing tricks; juggling. Cotton Mather.
• UNINTERESTED
  1. Not interested; not having any interest or property in; having nothing at stake; as, to be uninterested in any business. 2. Not having the mind or the passions engaged; as, uninterested in a discourse or narration.
• BAYOU STATE
  Mississippi; -- a nickname, from its numerous bayous.
• WRESTLE
  1. To contend, by grappling with, and striving to trip or throw down, an opponent; as, they wrestled skillfully. To-morrow, sir, I wrestle for my credit, and he that escapes me without some broken limb shall acquit him well. Shak. Another, by a
• PRESTIGIATOR
  A juggler; prestidigitator. Dr. H. More.
• FORESTICK
  Front stick of a hearth fire.