- round about way of speaking - roundabout way of speaking - The use of many words to express an idea that might
be expressed by few; indirect or roundabout language; a periphrase.
- Not dissoluble; not capable of being dissolved,
melted, or liquefied; insoluble; as few substances are indissoluble by
heat, but many are indissoluble in water. - Incapable of being rightfully broken or dissolved;
perpetually binding or obligatory; firm; stable, as, an indissoluble
league or covenant.
- ... and far between - “Hardly any? Phew!” we exclaimed - A small number - Hardly any - Hardly any iron women at the start - I leave confused wife with hardly any - I left confused wife hardly any
- Any species of Pleurotomaria, a genus of beautiful,
pearly, spiral gastropod shells having a deep slit in the outer lip.
Many fossil species are known, and a few living ones are found in deep
water in tropical seas.