Word Meanings - SAURIAN - Book Publishers vocabulary database

Of or pertaining to, or of the nature of, the Sauria. -- n.

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• PERTAIN
  stretch out, reach, pertain; per + tenere to hold, keep. See Per-, 1. To belong; to have connection with, or dependence on, something, as an appurtenance, attribute, etc.; to appertain; as, saltness pertains to the ocean; flowers pertain to plant
• SAURIAN
  Of or pertaining to, or of the nature of, the Sauria. -- n.
• NATURED
  Having a nature, temper, or disposition; disposed; -- used in composition; as, good-natured, ill-natured, etc.
• SAURIA
  A division of Reptilia formerly established to include the Lacertilia, Crocodilia, Dinosauria, and other groups. By some writers the name is restricted to the Lacertilia.
• NATURELESS
  Not in accordance with nature; unnatural. Milton.
• NATURE
  1. The existing system of things; the world of matter, or of matter and mind; the creation; the universe. But looks through nature up to nature's God. Pope. Nature has caprices which art can not imitate. Macaulay. 2. The personified sum and order
• UNNATURE
  To change the nature of; to invest with a different or contrary nature. A right heavenly nature, indeed, as if were unnaturing them, doth so bridle them . Sir P. Sidney.
• PLESIOSAURIAN
  A plesiosaur.
• DEMINATURED
  Having half the nature of another. Shak.
• TIME SIGNATURE
  A sign at the beginning of a composition or movement, placed after the key signature, to indicate its time or meter. Also called rhythmical signature. It is in the form of a fraction, of which the denominator indicates the kind of note taken as
• HALISAURIA
  The Enaliosauria.
• ORNATURE
  Decoration; ornamentation. Holinshed.
• PTEROSAURIA
  An extinct order of flying reptiles of the Mesozoic age; the pterodactyls; -- called also Pterodactyli, and Ornithosauria. Note: The wings were formed, like those of bats, by a leathery expansion of the skin, principally supported by the greatly
• CONSIGNATURE
  Joint signature. Colgrave.
• TRANSNATURE
  To transfer or transform the nature of. We are transelemented, or transnatured. Jewel.
• DENATURE
  To deprive of its natural qualities; change the nature of.
• STEGOSAURIA
  An extinct order of herbivorous dinosaurs, including the genera Stegosaurus, Omosaurus, and their allies.
• SIGNATURE
  An outward mark by which internal characteristics were supposed to be indicated. Some plants bear a very evident signature of their nature and use. Dr. H. More. (more info) 1. A sign, stamp, or mark impressed, as by a seal. The brain, being well
• ICHTHYOSAURIA
  An extinct order of marine reptiles, including Ichthyosaurus and allied forms; -- called also Ichthyopterygia. They have not been found later than the Cretaceous period.
• DISNATURED
  Deprived or destitute of natural feelings; unnatural. Shak.
• PTEROSAURIAN
  Of or pertaining to the Pterosauria.